Pale Flower (乾いた花) 60 years old

Pale Flower

Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman who is out seeking thrills, and whose presence adds spice to the staid masculine underworld rituals. Muraki becomes her mentor while simultaneously coping with the shifts of power that have affected the gangs while he was interred. When he notices a rogue, drug-addicted young punk hanging around the gambling dens, he realizes that Saeko's insatiable lust for intense pleasures may be leading her to self-destruction.

Credits

Pale Flower Cast

Name Character
Seiji Miyaguchi He was 50, 71 years old when he died as Gang leader
Isao Sasaki He was 21, now 81 years old as Jiro
Kyû Sazanka He was 22, 29 years old when he died as Imai
Ryō Ikebe He was 46, 92 years old when he died as Muraki
Isao Tamagawa He was 42, 82 years old when he died
Eijirō Tōno He was 57, 87 years old when he died as Gang leader
Mariko Kaga She was 20, now 80 years old as Saeko
Shinichirô Mikami He was 23, 77 years old when he died as Reiji
Akio Tanaka He was 8, now 68 years old
Chisako Hara She was 28, 84 years old when she died as Yakuza's lover
Hideo Kidokoro He was 36, 69 years old when he died
Toshio Shimamura
Naoki Sugiura He was 32, 79 years old when he died as Aikawa
Tomoko Saitô
Takashi Fujiki He was 23, now 84 years old as Yoh

Pale Flower Crew

Name Department
Toru Takemitsu as Original Music Composer. He was 33 (65) years old when He died Sound
Shintaro Ishihara as Novel. Shintaro Ishihara was 31 (now 91) years old Writing
Shigemasa Toda as Art Direction. Art
Yoshi Sugihara as Editor. Editing
Masao Kosugi as Director of Photography. He was 42 (92) years old when He died Camera
Masahiro Shinoda as Director. He was 32 (now 93) years old Directing
Masahiro Shinoda as Writer. He was 32 (now 93) years old Writing
Pale Flower poster
Pale Flower (60 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, March 01, 1964
  • Runtime: 96 minutes