Pale Flower (1964)
Kawaita hana (original title)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Ryô Ikebe	...	Muraki
	Mariko Kaga	...	Saeko
	Takashi Fujiki	...	Yoh
	Chisako Hara	...	Yakuza's lover
	Eijirô Tôno	...	Gang leader
	Seiji Miyaguchi	...	Gang leader
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Mikizo Hirata	...	Mizuguchi
	Keiko Kuni	...	Waitress
	Sôhei Kurata	...	Hayakawa
	Shin'ichirô Mikami	...	Reiji
	Hiroshi Mizushima
	Shin'ya Mizushima	...	Sabu
	Koji Nakahara	...	Tamaki
	Tomoko Saitô	...	Geisha
	Isao Sasaki	...	Jiro

Storyline

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. Written by goblinhairedguy  

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