Yellow Line
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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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5 films
Cast
34 people
Shigeru Amachi
Kazuhiro Moroki
Known for
Jigoku
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Yōko Mihara
Emi Ozuki
Known for
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Three Outlaw Samurai
Teruo Yoshida
Toshio Mayama
Known for
Horrors of Malformed Men
An Autumn Afternoon
Yōichi Numata
Newspaper editor
Known for
Ring
Jigoku
Torahiko Nakamura
Yoshihide Matsudaira
Also in
The Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin
Tokaido hijokeikai
Jun Ōtomo
Agawa
Known for
Jigoku
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Ryūji Oki
Tetsu
Also in
Flower, Storm and Gangster
Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
Baku Mizuhara
Also in
The Mother Tree
The Lady Vampire
Mako Sanjō
Yumiko Katsura
Also in
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
Kanto Woman Yakuza
Katsuko Wakasugi
Hotel Madame
Known for
Ghost Story of Yotsuya
Reiko Seto
Casbah prostitute
Also in
Women of Whirlpool Island
Evil Brain from Outer Space
Akiko Ono
Woman selling foreign cigarettes
Known for
Jigoku
Teruo Ishii Director · Chumei Watanabe Composer Hiroshi Suzuki Cinematographer
First release April 29, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title 黄線地帯
Production
Shintoho Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
黄線地帯
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 29, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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