Ley Lines

Name: Ley Lines
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1999-05-22
Rating: 3.56
Cast: Kazuki Kitamura, Tomorowo Taguchi, Naoto Takenaka, Show Aikawa, Kaei Okina

Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: May 22, 1999

Runtime: 105 minutes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime

Original Language: JA

Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (52 votes)

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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.