Ley Lines (1999)

• Drama
• Thriller
• Crime
• Action

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.

Rating

6.4 / 10 (56 votes)

Release date

May 22, 1999

Runtime

1h 45m

Language

Japanese

Director

Takashi Miike

Status

Released