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Pale Flower is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Masahiro Shinoda with Ryō Ikebe
Pale Flower (1964)
Kawaita hana
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Add to a movie listPale Flower (乾いた花, 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.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Pale Flower: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
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Muraki (Ryō Ikebe) est un yakuza tout juste sorti de prison. Dans une maison de jeu clandestine, il est attiré par une mystérieuse jeune femme prénommée Saeko (Mariko Kaga). Bien que Saeko perde beaucoup, elle demande à Muraki de lui trouver une table où elle puisse parier encore plus gros. Les deux personnages nouent une intense relation réciproque et destructrice.Actors
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