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.
Credits
Black Line Cast
Black Line Crew
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Department |
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Teruo Ishii as Director. He was 36 (81) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Teruo Ishii as Screenplay. He was 36 (81) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Ichirô Miyagawa as Screenplay. |
Writing |
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Michiaki Watanabe as Original Music Composer. He was 7 (now 57) years old
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Sound |
