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Black Line

5.0(6)19601h 20m1

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Japanese
Part of Chitai collection · 5 films
  • prostitute
  • yakuza
  • japanese noir

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Director

Teruo Ishii

Produced in

Japan

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Release dates

  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical13 Jan 1960

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Black Line was released on 13 January 1960.

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