Ley Lines
日本黒社会 LEY LINES
1999 · 1h 45m · Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller · Japan
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.
Directed by
Takashi MiikeWritten by
Toshiki Kimura6.2Smart score
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