Pale Flower
Pale Flower , Kawaita hana? is a 1964 Japanese crime film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. The film is about Muraki Ryo Ikebe a Yakuza hitman just released from prison. At an illegal gambling parlor, he finds himself drawn to a mysterious young woman named Saeko Mariko Kaga. Though Saeko loses large sums of money, she asks Muraki to find games with larger and larger stakes. The two become involved in an intense mutually destructive relationship.
When screenwriter Masaru Baba saw Shinodas film focus on visual and sound, he complained to the managers at the company Shochiku. This led to a ninemonth delay of the films release.Homevision released a RegionDVD of Pale Flower on November 18, 2003. The Criterion Collection have released a new DVD and Bluray edition of the film that features a new video interview with Masahiro Shinoda and selectedscene audio commentary by film scholar Peter Grilli . ........
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