November 18, 2003
Pale Flower Masahiro Shinoda's ode to nihilism is a yakuza noir. Ryo Ikebe is a disenchanted killer who finds momentary happiness around a wild young gambling woman, who digs high risk at the tables and in her sports car. A very unusual, beautifully presented disc from Home Vision Entertainment and The American Cinematheque.   11/18/03 Posted by DVD Savant at November 18, 2003 05:34 PM