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Pale Flower (1964)

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Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 4  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Synopsis: Crazed Japanese director Masahiro Shinoda is back again with this high voltage tale that mixes drugs, crime, and gambling. Recently released convict Muraki (Ryo Ikebe) meets the beautiful Saeko (Mariko Kaga) at a gambling house. Soon, they are lovers on the lam, navigating the menacing... Crazed Japanese director Masahiro Shinoda is back again with this high voltage tale that mixes drugs, crime, and gambling. Recently released convict Muraki (Ryo Ikebe) meets the beautiful Saeko (Mariko Kaga) at a gambling house. Soon, they are lovers on the lam, navigating the menacing underworld of Tokyo, where danger lurks around every corner. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Ryo Ikebe, Mariko Kaga

Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Composer: Toru Takemitsu

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 11, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region [unknown]
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Monaural - Japanese

Additional Release Material:

  • Interview With Director Masahiro Shinoda, Featuring Rare Photographs
  • Audio Essay By Avant-Garde Legend John Zorn

Text/Image Galleries:

  • Liner Notes by American Cinematheque Programmer Chris D.
  • Director Filmography

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a lost yakuza classic, part Bob Le Flambeur, part Rebel Without a Cause, but with an ecstatic blankness all its own.

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Anton Bitel
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One of the best and most powerful yakuza films ever made.

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Dennis Schwartz
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A masterful, meticulously crafted, wry meditation on fate and love that any cinema fan will appreciate.

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Kurt Dahlke
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Christopher Null
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