Black Line 1960
7.1 / 10
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.
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 Date:
Jan 13, 1960 (Japan)
Run Time:
1hr 20`
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Original Language:
Japanese
Production Countries:
Japan
Status:
Released
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Black Line - Black Line
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Assistant Director
Cast
... Koji Machida
... Misako
... Maya
... Goro Torii
RS
Reiko Seto... Reiko Onuma
... Chiaki
JU
Junko Uozumi... Kaneko Sano
... Hotel manager
... Joe
... Yukichi Tachibana
... Photo seller
... Taizo
... Kayoko (gay boy)
MJ
Miho Jo... Hotel maid Tokiko
... Kayo
YN
Yoko Nanbara... Emi Hamaguchi
... Kyôko
... Singapore (waitress)
... Ranko Kuroki
... Old man at boat store
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... Executive Producer
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