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Yellow Line

1960-04-29 · 79 min · ★ 7.8

Crime · Drama

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.

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Directors
Teruo Ishii
Production companies
Shintoho Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Shigeru AmachiShigeru AmachiKazuhiro Moroki
Yōko MiharaYōko MiharaEmi Ozuki
Teruo YoshidaTeruo YoshidaToshio Mayama
Yōichi NumataYōichi NumataNewspaper editor
Torahiko NakamuraYoshihide Matsudaira
Jun ŌtomoJun ŌtomoAgawa
Ryūji OkiTetsu
Baku Mizuhara
Mako SanjōMako SanjōYumiko Katsura
Katsuko WakasugiKatsuko WakasugiHotel Madame
Reiko SetoCasbah prostitute
Akiko OnoWoman selling foreign cigarettes
Masayo YoshidaBar Madame
Kyōko ŌgimachiKyōko ŌgimachiWoman at hotel
Michiyo Ichikawa
Yoji NarutoPiler Masa
Seiji HaraShinko Shipping watchman
Shūji KawabePoet
Takeshi KobayashiForeigner
Enver Altenbay

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