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Pale Flower

1964 · 96 min

A cool, stylish noir that draws you into a world of gambling and dangerous obsession, with a haunting, fatalistic mood.

Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda
Genres
Crime, Romance
Overview
A recently released gangster has to cope with the recent shifts of power between gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

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Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda
Genres
Crime, Romance
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • crime
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
crime, romance
Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda
Written by
Masahiro Shinoda, Masaru Baba
Starring
Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki, Naoki Sugiura, Shinichirō Mikami, Isao Sasaki, Koji Nakahara, Chisako Hara
Music
Tōru Takemitsu, Yuji Takahashi
Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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