Ley Lines

1h 45m
DramaThrillerCrime
6.3

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
Dan Li
Anita
Michisuke Kashiwaya
Shunrei
Tomorowo Taguchi
Chan
Naoto Takenaka
Wong
Show Aikawa
Ikeda
Samy Pop
Barbie
Yukie Itou
Unknown
Kaei Okina
Pimp
Takeshi Caesar
Unknown
Ito Yozaburo
SM Man
Ryushi Mizukami
Fake Passport Shop
Ren Osugi
Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler
Manzo Shinra
Unknown
Shun Sugata
Detective
Atsushi Okuno
Yokota
Far-Long Oh
Unknown
Kôji Tsukamoto
Passport Centre Officer
Tetsu Watanabe
Kondo

Crew

Takashi Miike
Director
Toshiki Kimura
Screenplay, Producer
Yasushi Shimamura
Editor
Naosuke Imaizumi
Director of Photography
Akira Ishige
Production Design
Koji Endo
Original Music Composer

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