Smashing the 0-Line

Smashing the 0-Line

83 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | June 25, 1960

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?

Smashing the 0-Line

83 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | June 25, 1960

Smashing the 0-Line
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 密航0ライン
Directors Kazunari Takeda, Seijun Suzuki
Writers Michita Sogabe, Yasuro Yokoyama

Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato

as Katori

Yuji Odaka

as Tatsuo Nishina

Mayumi Shimizu

as Katori Sumiko

Sanae Nakahara

as Saeki Reiko

Shoichi Ozawa

as Lee

Yuzo Kiura

as Kensuke Shimamura

Emiko Azuma

as Dr. Sugie

Kaku Takashina

as Chiba

Tomo'o Nagai

as Imaizumi

Zenpei Saga

as Kinto Yo

Yukihiko Sugi

as Customsman A

Kyosuke Aihara

as Customsman B

Keisuke Yukioka

as Nitto Shimbun Branch Office Employee

Kenji Kawai

as Saeki

Kotoe Hatsui

as Yukiko

Ikunosuke Koizumi

as Laundry Owner

Keisuke Noro

as Wang

Tokuhei Miyahara

as Checkpoint watchman

Hyōe Enoki

as Korean cargo handler

Sonosuke Niki

as Police Officer

Yuko Chishiro

as Aiko

Takashi Koshiba

as Detective A

Masayuki Kawamura

as Grandchild

Taisei Yamanaka

as Detective B

Ryôhei Uchida

as Toshio Saeki

Kenji Shimamura

as Mitsuo Tsuda