Pale Flower (aka Kawaita hana) was the moody crime breakthrough from one of the masters of the Japanese New Wave. 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 Toru Takemitsu, this gangster romance was a breakthrough for the idiosyncratic Masahiro Shinoda. The pitch-black Pale Flower (Kawaita hana) is an unforgettable excursion into the underworld.
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Special Features
- Interview with director Masahiro Shinoda
- Selected-scene audio commentary on the film’s score and sound design by film scholar Peter Grilli
- Original theatrical trailer
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