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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Shigeru Amachi as Kazuhiro Moroki
Yōko Mihara as Emi Ozuki
Teruo Yoshida as Toshio Mayama
Yōichi Numata as Newspaper editor
Torahiko Nakamura as Yoshihide Matsudaira
Jun Ōtomo as Agawa
Ryūji Oki as Tetsu
Mako Sanjō as Yumiko Katsura
Katsuko Wakasugi as Hotel Madame
Reiko Seto as Casbah prostitute
Akiko Ono as Woman selling foreign cigarettes
Masayo Yoshida as Bar Madame
Kyōko Ōgimachi as Woman at hotel
Yoji Naruto as Piler Masa
Akira Sagawa Development Manager
Mitsugi Okura Executive Producer
Hiromichi Takebe Assistant Director
Jiro Sekikawa Lighting Technician
Hideo Kashima Editor
Keiji Miyazawa Art Direction
Teruo Ishii Director
Teruo Ishii Screenplay
Kenji Murayama Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Suzuki Director of Photography
Michiaki Watanabe Original Music Composer
Ôsen chitai Trailer
黄線地帯 Trailer
Japan 29 April 1960
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22 October 1957
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17 February 1966
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04 February 1967
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19 September 1960
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01 February 1964
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01 March 1964
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09 June 1959
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11 March 1958
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10 April 1966
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Original trailer YELLOW LINE [Ôsen chitai] (1960) directed by Ishii Teruo and starring Amachi Shigeru Yoshida Teruo Mihara Yoko Amano Teruko and Sanjo ...
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