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