Ley Lines (1999)
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
Tomorowo Taguchi
Chan
Naoto Takenaka
Wong
Show Aikawa
Ikeda
Kaei Okina
Pimp
Takeshi Caesar
Ito Yozaburo
SM Man
Ryushi Mizukami
Fake Passport Shop
Ren Osugi
Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler
Manzo Shinra
Shun Sugata
Detective
Atsushi Okuno
Yokota
Tetsu Watanabe
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