What does the title mean?
I loved the movie, but why is it called "Pale Flower?"
shareAccording to the essay that comes in the DVD booklet, the director was influenced by Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil. I've only skimmed through the essay, and it's been a while since I read any Baudelaire, so I don't know how that influence affects the movie. For me, it could come in with the final line, when Muraki says something like "Even though she's dead, I hunger for her." Maybe something about that sort of amoral desire. The essay also says that a more literal translation of the Japanese title is "withered" flower, suggesting a link between beauty and death.
Funny that I just happened to watch this movie tonight, then saw your comment on this board. It doesn't seem like many people have seen (or at least rated) this movie, and you normally might have had to wait months for any reply to your question.
Yeah, that is quite a coincidence. This is a decidedly low traffic page for such a good movie. I'd honestly expected to wait a year or more before I got any response. Definitely more than a day.
Thank you for the response.
It is a reference to the card game.
Hana Fuda ... Japanese card games .... flower cards. http://www.hanafuda.com/history
The Nintendo corporation started in the late 19th century as a manufacturer of the decks of the colorful 48 flower cards.
Poets are made by fools like me, but only God can make STD.
Perhaps it also refers to Saeko
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