Ley Lines

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.

Directed by Takashi Miike

Top cast

Kazuki Kitamura

Ryuichi

D

Dan Li

Anita

M

Michisuke Kashiwaya

Shunrei

Tomorowo Taguchi

Chan

Naoto Takenaka

Wong

Show Aikawa

Ikeda

S

Samy Pop

Barbie

Y

Yukie Itou

Kaei Okina

Pimp

Takeshi Caesar

Yozaburo Ito

SM Man

Ryushi Mizukami

Fake Passport Shop

Ren Osugi

Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler

Manzo Shinra

Shun Sugata

Detective

Atsushi Okuno

Yokota

F

Far-Long Oh

K

Kôji Tsukamoto

Passport Centre Officer

Tetsu Watanabe

Kondo

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