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Ley Lines

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.

1999 |1h 45m |  Drama, Thriller, Crime

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Cast

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Kazuki Kitamura

Ryuichi

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Tomorowo Taguchi

Chan

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Naoto Takenaka

Wong

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Show Aikawa

Ikeda

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Kaei Okina

Pimp

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Takeshi Caesar

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Ito Yozaburo

SM Man

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Ryushi Mizukami

Fake Passport Shop

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Ren Osugi

Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler

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Manzō Shinra

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Shun Sugata

Detective

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Atsushi Okuno

Yokota

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Tetsu Watanabe

Kondo

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Sam Arnold

Officer (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Mandarin, Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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