Pale Flower

Shinoda's film seems to ask: what if film noir, but make it *Japanese*? Muraki, a yakuza newly released from prison, becomes entangled with a mysterious young woman, Saeko, who draws him into a dangerous world of gambling and violence. It's a stylish but affectless study in postwar anomie.

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Masahiro Shinoda directed Pale Flower in 1964. See Masahiro Shinoda's full filmography, where to start with Masahiro Shinoda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masahiro Shinoda.

Pale Flower was released in 1964 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.