
Synopsis & Context
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.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- 日本黒社会 LEY LINES
- Release
- May 22, 1999
- Screen Time
- 1h 45min
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Takashi Miike
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Production Status
- Released
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