Description
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.
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Release Date1960
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Runtime1 hr 19 min
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Languageja
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Rating4.6 (5)
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Genres
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DirectorTeruo Ishii
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Cast天知茂三ツ矢歌子三原葉子細川俊夫Reiko SetoKyôko Yashiro魚住純子鮎川浩Yuji Munakata大友純小高まさるRyuji MoriyamaHiroshi AsamiMiho JoKuniko YamamuraYoko NanbaraKyōko KatsuraKeiko MinakamiMasayo Yoshida高松政雄鳴門洋二邦創典Daijiro KikukawaTomohiko ÔtaniKen KawaharaKazuhiko SaekiShogo SakaneKyoji MurayamaSeiji Hara山口多賀志Minoru MiyakeKôichi MiyaYūzō Harumi倉橋宏明Eisuke Sakauchi扇町京子Eiko Wakaroku
