Pale Flower Blu-ray
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'Pale Flower' Director: Masahiro Shinoda (1964) Criterion Collection Blu-ray | Staff Pick | Japanese w/ English subtitles | Includes interview with Shinoda, selected scene commentary, essay
In this cool, seductive jewel of the Japanese New Wave, a yakuza, fresh out of prison, becomes entangled with a beautiful and enigmatic gambling addict; what at first seems a redemptive relationship ends up leading him further down the criminal path..
Bewitchingly shot and edited, and laced with a fever-dream-like score by Tōru Takemitsu (Harakiri, Woman in the Dunes, Kwaidan, Ran), this gangster romance was a breakthrough for the idiosyncratic Masahiro Shinoda. The pitch-black Pale Flower is an unforgettable excursion into the underworld.
