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.
Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord
Documentary, Crime
7.5
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.9
The Matrix Resurrections
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
6.4
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.3
The Suicide Squad
Action, Comedy, Adventure
7.5
Get Out
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
7.6
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.5
Frozen II
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
7.2
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
7.6
Cruella
Comedy, Crime, Adventure
8.0
BlacKkKlansman
Crime, Comedy, Drama, History
7.5
Bird Box
Horror, Thriller, Drama
6.8
Turning Red
Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
7.3
Tenet
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
7.2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantasy, Adventure
7.3
Uncharted
Action, Adventure
6.9
The Batman
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
7.7
Suicide Squad
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
5.9
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Action, Adventure, Family, Comedy
7.5
Outrage Coda
Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Drama
6.8
Mulholland Falls
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
6.0
Crying Freeman
Action, Crime
6.3
Chopper
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.8
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Action, Crime, Drama
7.1
Ichi the Killer
Action, Crime, Horror
7.0
Mona Lisa
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
6.9
Very Bad Things
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
6.3
Mahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller
Crime, Drama
0.0
Gokudo of Kamagasaki
Crime, Drama
0.0
The Yakuza Awaits
Crime, Drama, Thriller
0.0
Tightrope
Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Horror
6.2
Freeway
Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Drama
6.5
Tattoo
Thriller, Drama, Crime
6.1
Return of the Outlaw
Crime, Drama
0.0
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Action, Comedy, Crime
6.4
Target
Drama, Crime
0.0
The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill
Crime
0.0
Dead or Alive
Action, Thriller, Crime
6.4
Dead Angle
Crime, Thriller, Drama
7.0