Ley Lines
1999•1h 45m•6.5•Released
DramaThrillerCrime
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.
Director
Takashi Miike
Writer
Toshiki Kimura
Languages
Japanese, Mandarin
Studio
Daiei Film
Cast
Kazuki Kitamura
Ryuichi
Dan Li
Anita
Michisuke Kashiwaya
Shunrei
Tomorowo Taguchi
Chan
Naoto Takenaka
Wong
Show Aikawa
Ikeda
Samy Pop
Barbie
Yukie Itou
Kaei Okina
Pimp
Takeshi Caesar
Ito Yozaburo
SM Man
Ryushi Mizukami
Fake Passport Shop
Ren Osugi
Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler
Manzo Shinra
Shun Sugata
Detective
Production
Company
Daiei Film
Company
Excellent Films
Producer
Toshiki Kimura
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