Title: Ley Lines (日本黒社会 LEY LINES)
Release Date: 1999-05-22
IMDB ID: tt0258766
Vote Average: 6.3 (54 votes)
Overview: 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),
Crew: Takashi Miike (Director), Yasushi Shimamura (Editor), Toshiki Kimura (Producer), Koji Endo (Original Music Composer), Naosuke Imaizumi (Director of Photography), Akira Ishige (Production Design),
Release Date: 1999-05-22
IMDB ID: tt0258766
Vote Average: 6.3 (54 votes)
Overview: 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),
Crew: Takashi Miike (Director), Yasushi Shimamura (Editor), Toshiki Kimura (Producer), Koji Endo (Original Music Composer), Naosuke Imaizumi (Director of Photography), Akira Ishige (Production Design),