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Black Line

Overview

Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.

RATING

5.50

DIRECTOR

Teruo Ishii

COUNTRIE

Japan

RELEASE DATE

1960

TIME

1h 20m

GENRE

Crime

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天知茂‌

天知茂

Koji Machida

三ツ矢歌子‌

三ツ矢歌子

Misako

三原葉子‌

三原葉子

Maya

細川俊夫‌

細川俊夫

Goro Torii

Reiko Seto‌

Reiko Seto

Reiko Onuma

Kyôko Yashiro‌

Kyôko Yashiro

Chiaki

魚住純子‌

魚住純子

Kaneko Sano

鮎川浩‌

鮎川浩

Hotel manager

Yuji Munakata‌

Yuji Munakata

Joe

大友純‌

大友純

Yukichi Tachibana

小高まさる‌

小高まさる

Photo seller

Ryuji Moriyama‌

Ryuji Moriyama

Taizo

Hiroshi Asami‌

Hiroshi Asami

Kayoko (gay boy)

Miho Jo‌

Miho Jo

Hotel maid Tokiko

Kuniko Yamamura‌

Kuniko Yamamura

Kayo

Yoko Nanbara‌

Yoko Nanbara

Emi Hamaguchi

Kyōko Katsura‌

Kyōko Katsura

Kyôko

Keiko Minakami‌

Keiko Minakami

Singapore (waitress)

Masayo Yoshida‌

Masayo Yoshida

Ranko Kuroki

高松政雄‌

高松政雄

Old man at boat store

Yoji Naruto‌

Yoji Naruto

Sabu

邦創典‌

邦創典

Manager

Daijiro Kikukawa‌

Daijiro Kikukawa

Namikawa

Tomohiko Ôtani‌

Tomohiko Ôtani

Old man at mannequin store

Ken Kawahara‌

Ken Kawahara

Kazuhiko Saeki‌

Kazuhiko Saeki

Shogo Sakane‌

Shogo Sakane

Gay boy B

Kyoji Murayama‌

Kyoji Murayama

Policeman

Seiji Hara‌

Seiji Hara

Grocery store clerk

Takashi Yamaguchi‌

Takashi Yamaguchi

Minoru Miyake‌

Minoru Miyake

Kôichi Miya‌

Kôichi Miya

Detective Kondo

Yūzō Harumi‌

Yūzō Harumi

Detective Suzuki

Hiroaki Kurahashi‌

Hiroaki Kurahashi

Detective Inoue

Eisuke Sakauchi‌

Eisuke Sakauchi

扇町京子‌

扇町京子

Eiko Wakaroku‌

Eiko Wakaroku

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