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63% Critic Match
Smashing the 0-Line
6.3 / 10• 1960• 1h 23m•NR• Japanese
DramaCrimeThriller
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Hiroyuki Nagato
Katori
Lead
Yuji Odaka
Tatsuo Nishina
Mayumi Shimizu
Katori Sumiko
Sanae Nakahara
Saeki Reiko
Shoichi Ozawa
Lee
Yuzo Kiura
Kensuke Shimamura
Emiko Azuma
Dr. Sugie
Kaku Takashina
Chiba
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Seijun Suzuki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Smashing the 0-Line is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
