![Black Line](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6mGOsSKNNo14OgAnNMPICnnzuDE.jpg)
Black Line
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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.
Cast
![Shigeru Amachi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3gVmaEoukXjIMlrm0UZQTeBHNwB.jpg)
Shigeru Amachi
Koji Machida
![Utako Mitsuya](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4c7hgxvHAurqDKEUyixPIhZlRVB.jpg)
Utako Mitsuya
Misako
![Yōko Mihara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eZtWl874Ofha8mMgqOccOzYJrtS.jpg)
Yōko Mihara
Maya
![Toshio Hosokawa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Toshio Hosokawa
Goro Torii
![Reiko Seto](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Reiko Seto
Reiko Onuma
![Kyôko Yashiro](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kyôko Yashiro
Chiaki
![Junko Uozumi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Junko Uozumi
Kaneko Sano
![Hiroshi Ayukawa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hiroshi Ayukawa
Hotel manager
![Yuji Munakata](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yuji Munakata
Joe
![Jun Ōtomo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//t1CMnOZL7O77FHsLUQcy97m15e9.jpg)
Jun Ōtomo
Yukichi Tachibana
![Masaru Kodaka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masaru Kodaka
Photo seller
![Ryuji Moriyama](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ryuji Moriyama
Taizo
![Hiroshi Asami](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hiroshi Asami
Kayoko (gay boy)
![Miho Jo](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Miho Jo
Hotel maid Tokiko
![Kuniko Yamamura](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kuniko Yamamura
Kayo
![Yoko Nanbara](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yoko Nanbara
Emi Hamaguchi
![Kyōko Katsura](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kyōko Katsura
Kyôko
![Keiko Minakami](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Keiko Minakami
Singapore (waitress)
![Masayo Yoshida](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masayo Yoshida
Ranko Kuroki
![Masao Takamatsu](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masao Takamatsu
Old man at boat store
![Yoji Naruto](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yoji Naruto
Sabu
![Sôten Kuni](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sôten Kuni
Manager
![Daijiro Kikukawa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Daijiro Kikukawa
Namikawa
![Tomohiko Ôtani](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tomohiko Ôtani
Old man at mannequin store
![Ken Kawahara](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ken Kawahara
![Kazuhiko Saeki](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kazuhiko Saeki
![Shogo Sakane](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Shogo Sakane
Gay boy B
![Kyoji Murayama](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kyoji Murayama
Policeman
![Seiji Hara](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Seiji Hara
Grocery store clerk
![Takashi Yamaguchi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Takashi Yamaguchi
![Minoru Miyake](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Minoru Miyake
![Kôichi Miya](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kôichi Miya
Detective Kondo
![Yūzō Harumi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yūzō Harumi
Detective Suzuki
![Hiroaki Kurahashi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hiroaki Kurahashi
Detective Inoue
![Eisuke Sakauchi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Eisuke Sakauchi
![Kyōko Ōgimachi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bBzhYbmLc7pZQTStI4OZgkOTZlX.jpg)
Kyōko Ōgimachi
![Eiko Wakaroku](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)