The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Teruo IshiiDirector
- Teruo IshiiScreenplay
- Chumei WatanabeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shigeru AmachiKazuhiro Moroki
- Yōko MiharaEmi Ozuki
- Teruo YoshidaToshio Mayama
- Yōichi NumataNewspaper editor
- Torahiko NakamuraYoshihide Matsudaira
- Jun ŌtomoAgawa
- Ryūji OkiTetsu
- Baku MizuharaCast
- Mako SanjōYumiko Katsura
- Katsuko WakasugiHotel Madame
- Reiko SetoCasbah prostitute
- Akiko OnoWoman selling foreign cigarettes
Stills
Themes
japanese noir