Film · Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller

Ley Lines (1999)

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.

Director

Takashi Miike

Writers

Toshiki Kimura

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Release date

May 22, 1999

Original title

日本黒社会 LEY LINES