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.
Takashi Miike
Toshiki Kimura
Toshiki Kimura
Naosuke Imaizumi
Koji Endo
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
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Ley Lines
Trailer • YouTube
Ley Lines Original Trailer (Takashi Miike, 1999)
Trailer • YouTube
Daiei Film
Excellent Films