Smashing the 0-Line

Ueno Station’s tiled February. Gloved hands exchange a cash-stuffed envelope for a city editor’s nod. Katiri peddles secrets by night—pictures, pillow talk—until the yakuza’s mistress turns pimp and his sister vanishes into neon haze. Suzuki’s widescreen yakuza potboiler simmers in the same steam that cooked Alleyways.

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Seijun Suzuki directed Smashing the 0-Line in 1960. See Seijun Suzuki's full filmography, where to start with Seijun Suzuki, or where to go after you've seen everything by Seijun Suzuki.

Smashing the 0-Line was released in 1960 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 83 minutes.