Yellow Line(1960)
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.
Movie: Yellow Line
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kazuhiro Moroki
Emi Ozuki
Toshio Mayama
Newspaper editor
Agawa
Yumiko Katsura
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