Crime

Black Line

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.

Release Date : 1960-01-13

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Shintoho Company

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : Black Line Zone

Cast

Character Name : Koji Machida

Original Name : 天知茂

Gender : Male

Character Name : Misako

Original Name : 三ツ矢歌子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maya

Original Name : 三原葉子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goro Torii

Original Name : 細川俊夫

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reiko Onuma

Original Name : Reiko Seto

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chiaki

Original Name : Kyôko Yashiro

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kaneko Sano

Original Name : 魚住純子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hotel manager

Original Name : 鮎川浩

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Yuji Munakata

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yukichi Tachibana

Original Name : 大友純

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photo seller

Original Name : 小高まさる

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taizo

Original Name : Ryuji Moriyama

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kayoko (gay boy)

Original Name : Hiroshi Asami

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel maid Tokiko

Original Name : Miho Jo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kayo

Original Name : Kuniko Yamamura

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emi Hamaguchi

Original Name : Yoko Nanbara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kyôko

Original Name : Kyōko Katsura

Gender : Female

Character Name : Singapore (waitress)

Original Name : Keiko Minakami

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ranko Kuroki

Original Name : Masayo Yoshida

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old man at boat store

Original Name : 高松政雄

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sabu

Original Name : 鳴門洋二

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manager

Original Name : 邦創典

Gender : Male

Character Name : Namikawa

Original Name : Daijiro Kikukawa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old man at mannequin store

Original Name : Tomohiko Ôtani

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ken Kawahara

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Kazuhiko Saeki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gay boy B

Original Name : Shogo Sakane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Kyoji Murayama

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grocery store clerk

Original Name : Seiji Hara

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : 山口多賀志

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Minoru Miyake

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Kondo

Original Name : Kôichi Miya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Suzuki

Original Name : Yūzō Harumi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Inoue

Original Name : Hiroaki Kurahashi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Eisuke Sakauchi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : 扇町京子

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Eiko Wakaroku

Gender : Male

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