Ley Lines (1999)

6.5/10 105 min Drama Thriller Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Kazuki Kitamura

Ryuichi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Chan

Naoto Takenaka

Wong

Show Aikawa

Ikeda

Kaei Okina

Pimp

Takeshi Caesar

Ito Yozaburo

SM Man

Ryushi Mizukami

Fake Passport Shop

Ren Osugi

Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler

Manzo Shinra

Shun Sugata

Detective

Atsushi Okuno

Yokota

Tetsu Watanabe

Kondo

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