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
Coco
Family, Animation, Music, Adventure
8.2
Dune
Science Fiction, Adventure
7.8
A Quiet Place
Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
7.4
Avengers: Infinity War
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
8.2
Avatar
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
7.6
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.5
Call Me by Your Name
Romance, Drama
8.1
Barbie
Comedy, Adventure
7.0
Wonder
Family, Drama
8.1
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.4
Murder on the Orient Express
Mystery, Drama, Crime
6.7
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Animation, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
8.4
Dunkirk
War, Action, Drama
7.5
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
Black Panther
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.4
1917
War, History, Thriller, Drama
8.0
Green Book
Drama, History
8.2
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.9
Sonatine
Action, Crime, Thriller
7.5
Harsh Times
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action
6.4
Tattoo
Thriller, Drama, Crime
6.1
Ichi the Killer
Action, Crime, Horror
7.0
Crying Freeman
Action, Crime
6.3
Chopper
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.8
Champagne for Room 17
Crime, Thriller
2.0
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Drama, Crime, Thriller
8.1
Bad City
Action, Crime
6.9
Angel
Action, Crime, Thriller
6.0
Eastern Promises
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
7.4
Taxi 2
Action, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
6.3
Unification of Japan Gaiden: Yamazaki Ichimon 7 - Yamazaki's Little Love
Crime
0.0
The Clan's Heir is a Trans Woman
Crime
5.5
The Rule for a Vagabond
Action, Drama, Crime
0.0
Hustle
Crime, Thriller
5.7
Motorpsycho!
Crime, Thriller
5.9
Overkill
Crime, Thriller
2.9
Shinjuku Swan
Action, Crime, Drama
5.6
Hard Eight
Drama, Crime
6.9