Summer remains for several more months in this end of the world, so here’s some summer Yakuza style in Pale Flower (1964). Ryo Ikbe carries himself like a hardboiled Japanese Mastroianni. The film’s cinematography is amazing so it’s nearly impossible to take a bad screen capture.

Dark (short sleeve) polo shirt under suit.

White unbuttoned collars, sunglasses. Seersucker jacket worn on the shoulders, lapel flipped up.

An excellent way to spend a summer day (at the racetracks).

Hand warming.

The girl.

Going bowling.