Black Line (1960)
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.
- Teruo Ishii
- Kichitarô Shibata
- Teruo Ishii
- Ichirō Miyagawa
Rating: 5.5/10 by 4 users
Alternative Title:
黑線地帶 - SG
The Dark Region - SG
Black Line Zone - US
Country:
Japan
Language:
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 20 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: prostitute, yakuza
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