Pale Flower

Mar 1, 1964

1h 36m

★ 7.4

Overview

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

Genres

Crime

Romance

Production Companies

Ninjin Club

Bungei Production Ninjin Club

Shochiku

Pale Flower Trailers

Cast

Muraki

Ryō Ikebe

Saeko

Mariko Kaga

Takashi Fujiki

Aikawa

Naoki Sugiura

Reiji

Shinichirō Mikami

Jiro

Isao Sasaki

Tamaki

Koji Nakahara

Shinko Furuta

Chisako Hara

Funada

Seiji Miyaguchi

Yasuoka

Eijirō Tōno

Mizoguchi

Mikizo Hirata

Imai

Kyū Sazanka

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