Japan Synopsis
乾いた花
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.
The 1963–1965 Japan Window
61 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Pale Flower sits at position #10.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Pale Flower. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Ninjin Club
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Pale Flower premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,388 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #604 of 1,933 (top 31%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Ninjin Club, Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | March 1, 1964 |
| IMDb | tt0056327 |