Ley Lines (1999)
Original title: 日本黒社会 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.
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Kazuki KitamuraRyuichiDan LiAnita / Chinese prostituteMichisuke KashiwayaShunrei
Tomorowo TaguchiChan
Naoto TakenakaWong
Show AikawaIkedaSamuel Pop AningBarbieYukie Itou
Kaei OkinaPimp
Takeshi Caesar
Yozaburo Ito
Ryushi MizukamiKeywords
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What is Ley Lines about?
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.
How long is Ley Lines?
Ley Lines has a runtime of 105 minutes.
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