New Wave Noir from out of Japan. Femme fatale, Mariko Kaga is bored with life, yakuza hitman Ryō Ikebe is sentenced to death.

PALE FLOWER

Masahiro Shinoda

1964

Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki, Naoki Sugiura, Eijirō Tōno

Screenplay by Masahiro Shinoda and Masaru Baba; adapted from the novel Pale Flower by Shintarō Ishihara

Title: PALE FLOWER

Year: 1964

Director: Masahiro Shinoda

Cast: Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki, Naoki Sugiura, Eijirō Tōno

Writing: Screenplay by Masahiro Shinoda and Masaru Baba; adapted from the novel Pale Flower by Shintarō Ishihara

Genre tags: CRIME, NOIR, THRILLER