Pale Flower (1964)
Kawaita hana (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 36min
- Action, Crime
- 01 Mar 1964 (Japan)
- Movie
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Cast
Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda |
Written by
Shintarô Ishihara | ... | (based on the novel by) |
Masaru Baba | ... | (screenplay) & |
Masahiro Shinoda | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Masayuki Nakajima | ... | assistant producer |
Toshio Shimizu | ... | assistant producer |
Masao Shirai | ... | producer |
Shigeru Wakatsuki | ... | producer |
Music by
Yûji Takahashi | ||
Tôru Takemitsu |
Cinematography by
Masao Kosugi |
Editing by
Yoshi Sugihara |
Art Direction by
Shigemasa Toda |
Set Decoration by
Hatsuo Kojima |
Makeup Department
Yoshiko Nawa | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
Hideo Kishida | ... | executive in charge of production |
Masashi Ueno | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ichirô Mizunuma | ... | first assistant director |
Shigeyuki Yamane | ... | assistant director |
Gô Yoshida | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Saburô Abe | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
Hideo Nishizaki | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Akira Aomatsu | ... | gaffer |
Takao Kajihara | ... | still photographer |
Noboru Shiiba | ... | lighting technician |
Akio Shinozaki | ... | assistant camera |
Atsuyuki Yagi | ... | lighting technician |
Additional Crew
Don Brown | ... | english subtitle translation |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Rapid Eye Movies (2023) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Shochiku Films of America (1974) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Shochiku (1964) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- The Criterion Collection (2011) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
Just released from prison after serving three years for murdering a member of a rival gang, Maraki, a middle-aged yakuza, returns to his old haunts in Tokyo largely out of loyalties despite not much liking that life or himself in the process. Those old routines include assuming his place within the Funada gang, reconnecting with Shinko, his twenty-three year old girlfriend, who wants a commitment from him (something he probably isn't willing to give), she threatening to accept another marriage proposal otherwise despite her love for him, and gambling at his usual illegal card den despite he not often winning. Although at first glance he thinks nothing has changed in three years, there are some major changes, especially that the Funada gang has merged with that rival gang partly to maintain the peace. One other change is that an innocent looking, young, upscale woman, Saeko, she the only female, has started gambling at that same card den, that innocent look beyond the fact that she likes to play big. He becomes her mentor and protector of sorts in he introducing her to an illegal card den with higher stakes, which is what she is seeking. In spending more and more time with her and in a chance encounter, Maraki not only begins to understand Saeko in she not being the total innocent her may have first assumed, especially in her curiosity with Yoh, the seeming drug addict cowering in the corner of the card den, but evaluates his ritualized life in the process. Written by Huggo |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The release of this film, originally scheduled for 1963, was held up for nearly a year. Explanations for the delay vary. The movie's co-scenarist, Masaru Baba, apparently complained to the studio, Shochiku, that director Masahiro Shinoda had emphasized visual style at the expense of his more detailed script. Another explanation of the delay is that Japanese authorities were made uncomfortable by the movie's scenes of high-stakes (and illegal) gambling using "flower cards," which were filmed in great detail and in a way that they felt glorified this activity. See more » |
Quotes |
Saeko:
I wish the sun would never rise. I love these wicked nights. See more » |