Chitai in order

Teruo Ishii's series of noir films. 5 films, 6h 31m in all, in release order.

Secret White Line Zone
1958 · 71 min
First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.
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Black Line
1960 · 80 min
Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.
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Yellow Line
1960 · 79 min
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.
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Sexy Line
1961 · 82 min
It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his lover. The other is a woman pick-pocket who is entrapped by the organization's schemes involving their crimes. Fate places them together, and they start to investigate the prostitution ring run by the organization...
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Fire Line
1961 · 79 min
Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).
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Frequently asked questions

What order should I watch Chitai in?

1. Secret White Line Zone (1958), 2. Black Line (1960), 3. Yellow Line (1960), 4. Sexy Line (1961), 5. Fire Line (1961).

How long does it take to watch all of Chitai?

About 6h 31m across 5 released films.

Do any Chitai films have post-credit scenes?

None are listed on TMDB.