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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
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.
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 59
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −26 min on the typical 106
typical 10680Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1960
January 13, 1960
66 years ago
Genre
CrimeLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 2 more30 people
- Shigeru AmachiKoji Machida
- Utako MitsuyaMisako
- Yōko MiharaMaya
- THToshio HosokawaGoro Torii
- RSReiko SetoReiko Onuma
- KYKyôko YashiroChiaki
- Junko UozumiKaneko Sano
- HAHiroshi AyukawaHotel manager
- YMYuji MunakataJoe
- Jun ŌtomoYukichi Tachibana
- MKMasaru KodakaPhoto seller
- RMRyuji MoriyamaTaizo
- HAHiroshi AsamiKayoko (gay boy)
- MJMiho JoHotel maid Tokiko
- KYKuniko YamamuraKayo
- YNYoko NanbaraEmi Hamaguchi
- KKKyōko KatsuraKyôko
- KMKeiko MinakamiSingapore (waitress)
- MYMasayo YoshidaRanko Kuroki
- MTMasao TakamatsuOld man at boat store
- YNYoji NarutoSabu
- SKSōten KuniManager
- DKDaijiro KikukawaNamikawa
- TÔTomohiko ÔtaniOld man at mannequin store
Directing · 2
- Teruo Ishii Director, Screenplay
- Kichitarō Shibata Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Ichirō Miyagawa Screenplay
Production · 1
- Mitsugi Okura Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Jugyo Yoshida Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hideo Kashima Editor
Sound · 2
- Chumei Watanabe Original Music Composer
- Hisao Negishi Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Keiji Miyazawa Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Akira Yaguchi Lighting Technician
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Film 2 of 5 · after Secret White Line Zone · then Yellow Line
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GoodWatch score 42Film 1
- Black Line (1960)
GoodWatch score 59You're here
- Yellow Line (1960)
GoodWatch score 74Film 3
- Sexy Line (1961)
GoodWatch score 57Film 4
- Fire Line (1961)
GoodWatch score 49Film 5
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