Fire Line

1961•1h 19m•

★3.6(5 ratings)

CrimeDrama

Overview

Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).

Director

Hiromichi Takebe

Writers

Teruo Ishii, Hiromichi Takebe

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Main Cast

Teruo Yoshida

Shin'ichi

Yōko Mihara

Yumi

Shigeru Amachi

Kuroiwa

Jun Kambayashi

Sabu

Den Kunikata

Fire Line

1961•1h 19m•

★3.6(5 ratings)

CrimeDrama

Overview

Director

Hiromichi Takebe

Writers

Teruo Ishii, Hiromichi Takebe

Watchlist

Main Cast

Teruo Yoshida

Shin'ichi

Yōko Mihara

Yumi

Shigeru Amachi

Kuroiwa

Jun Kambayashi

Sabu

Den Kunikata

Did You Know?

The original title is "火線地帯" (JA).

The runtime is 79 minutes (1h 19m).

The film was directed by Hiromichi Takebe.

The screenplay was written by Teruo Ishii and Hiromichi Takebe.

The score was composed by Riichirō Manabe.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0819779.

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Rating

3.6/10

Poor

5 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

火線地帯

Status:

Released

Language:

日本語

Country of Origin:

Japan

Production Companies:

Shintoho Company

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Fire Line

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Teruo Yoshida

Yōko Mihara

Shigeru Amachi

Jun Kambayashi

Den Kunikata

Fire Line

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Teruo Yoshida

Yōko Mihara

Shigeru Amachi

Jun Kambayashi

Den Kunikata

Kôichi Miya

Jun Tazaki

Ryuji Wakamiya

Jun Ōtomo

Keiko Tachibana

Masahiko Naruse

Yuji Munakata

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