Ley Lines (日本黒社会 LEY LINES) 25 years old

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.

Credits

Ley Lines Cast

Name Character
Tetsu Watanabe He was 49, now 74 years old
Kazuki Kitamura He was 29, now 55 years old as Ryuichi
Tomoro Taguchi He was 41, now 66 years old as Chan
Ren Osugi He was 47, 66 years old when he died
Naoto Takenaka He was 43, now 68 years old as Wong
Shun Sugata He was 44, now 69 years old
Takeshi Caesar He was 43, now 69 years old
Sho Aikawa He was 37, now 63 years old as Ikeda
Michisuke Kashiwaya as Shunrei
Ito Yozaburo He was 44, now 69 years old
Manzô Shinra
Kôji Tsukamoto
Hua Rong Weng He was 36, now 62 years old as Pimp
Hua Rong Weng He was 36, now 62 years old
Samuel Pop Aning He was 29, now 55 years old as Barbie
Dan Li She was 33, now 59 years old as Anita / Chinese prostitute
Ryûshi Mizukami
Yukie Itou

Ley Lines Crew

Name Department
Kôji Endô as Original Music Composer. He was 35 (now 60) years old Sound
Yasushi Shimamura as Editor. Editing
Ichiro Ryu as Screenplay. Writing
Takashi Miike as Director. He was 38 (now 64) years old Directing
Akira Ishige as Production Design. Art
Toshiki Kimura as Producer. Production
Naosuke Imaizumi as Director of Photography. Camera
Ley Lines poster
Ley Lines (25 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, May 22, 1999
  • Runtime: 105 minutes