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Black Line
50%
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1h 20m
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Black Line (1960) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Black Line (1960) — a movie tagged as Crime with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 i… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~80 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Black Line 50% (6 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1960-01-13
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- TMDB rating
- 5.0
- TMDB ID
- 107408
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What is Black Line about?
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 j... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Black Line?
The official runtime for Black Line is approximately 80 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
Shigeru Amachi
Koji Machida
Utako Mitsuya
Misako
Yōko Mihara
Maya
- T
Toshio Hosokawa
Goro Torii
- R
Reiko Seto
Reiko Onuma
- K
Kyôko Yashiro
Chiaki
Junko Uozumi
Kaneko Sano
- H
Hiroshi Ayukawa
Hotel manager
- Y
Yuji Munakata
Joe
Jun Ōtomo
Yukichi Tachibana
- M
Masaru Kodaka
Photo seller
- R
Ryuji Moriyama
Taizo
- H
Hiroshi Asami
Kayoko (gay boy)
- M
Miho Jo
Hotel maid Tokiko
- K
Kuniko Yamamura
Kayo
- Y
Yoko Nanbara
Emi Hamaguchi
- K
Kyōko Katsura
Kyôko
- K
Keiko Minakami
Singapore (waitress)
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