Ley Lines

Ley Lines

105 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | May 22, 1999

The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.

Ley Lines

105 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | May 22, 1999

Ley Lines
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Excellent Films
Original title 日本黒社会 LEY LINES
Directors Takashi Miike
Writers Ichiro Ryu

Cast

Kazuki Kitamura

as Ryuichi

Dan Li

as Anita / Chinese prostitute

Michisuke Kashiwaya

as Shunrei

Naoto Takenaka

as Wong

Sho Aikawa

as Ikeda

Samuel Pop Aning

as Barbie

Hua Rong Weng

as Pimp /