Smashing the 0-Line

Smashing the 0-Line

1960 · 83 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, Crime, Thriller

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?

Directed by Seijun Suzuki · Written by Yasuro Yokoyama

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