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Masaru Baba is known for Vengeance Is Mine (1979), Tooi ashita (1979) and Pale Flower (1964).
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Jul 24, 2019 · Masahiro Shinoda's Pale Flower (1964) explores timeless existential themes through the atypical and original view of a nihilistic yakuza.
Biography Movies. Vengeance Is Mine. October 17, 1979. Pale Flower. Manji. Sayonara Color. A Case of Honor. The Lonely Affair of the Heart. Will to Live. Faraway Tomorrow. A Last Note. The Sea of...
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Criterion’s transfixing 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer of Pale Floweris the best of the seminal distributor’s releases that I’ve seen thus far this year. The fact that it’s shot in lush black and white gives it an edge, but it shouldn’t dilute the excellent work Criterion has accomplished here, with deep, perfectly saturated blacks, fine greys, and del...
This is one of the leaner discs to come from Criterion, but the two noteworthy extras here are substantial, nonetheless. First, there’s the 20-minute video interview with director Masahiro Shinoda, who goes through the casting, locations, writing, production, themes, and reception of Pale Flower. The filmmaker shows immense energy and insight at ev...
A lively yet bleak allegory for post-war Japan and a totem of the Japanese New Wave, the underappreciated Pale Flowerfinally gets a fitting transfer from the Criterion Collection.
Masaru Baba Biography. Screenwriter. Born 1926. Masaru Baba Movies. Vengeance Is Mine. October 17, 1979. Pale Flower. Manji. Sayonara Color. A Case of Honor. The Lonely Affair of the Heart. Will ...
Aug 11, 2015 · Pale Flower scriptwriter Masaru Baba objected so strenuously to Shinoda’s treatment of his material that the film’s release was delayed by almost a year. This quality, however, makes Shinoda’s work more universal and perhaps even more enduring than many of Oshima’s political polemics from the same period.
