The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Smashing the O-Line
When
Wed 23 Jul 2025
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Hiroyuki Nagata plays the reporter from hell, an amoral journalist who’ll stop at nothing to get a scoop on the drug-smuggling and human-trafficking activities taking place on the docks on the East China Sea. Suzuki sets a frenetic pace, using a familiar B-noir template as a jumping off point for a propulsive dance of cinematic style. Its dynamic camera movement, rich, velvety shadows, jolting jump cuts and complex jazz riffs underscore the air of unpredictability and spontaneity of a film which reputedly went from script first draft to final cut in just 16 days.
35mm print courtesy of the Japan Foundation
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