A.C. Film Club #84 - Pale Flower

Published: June 21, 2022, 6:11 a.m.

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Elwood and Stephen are joined by Rashmi to look at Mashahiro Shindoa\'s Noir "Pale Flower" in which Ry\\xf4 Ikebe plays the recently released gangster Muraki finding that both organized crime and the real world have moved on without him. While reunited with his Yakuza family he now spends his time in gambling dens, where he meets rich thrill seeker Saeko (Mariko Kaga) only to soon discover that her destructive, hedonistic urges will likely mean the end for both of them.
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