Ley Lines (1999)
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.
Director:
Takashi Miike
Writer:
Toshiki Kimura
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Kazuki Kitamura as Ryuichi |
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Dan Li as Anita |
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Michisuke Kashiwaya as Shunrei |
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Tomorowo Taguchi as Chan |
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Naoto Takenaka as Wong |
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Show Aikawa as Ikeda |
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Samy Pop as Barbie |
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Yukie Itou as |
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Kaei Okina as Pimp |
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Takeshi Caesar as |
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Ito Yozaburo as SM Man |
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Ryushi Mizukami as Fake Passport Shop |
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Ren Osugi as Vietnamese Motorbike Smuggler |
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Manzo Shinra as |
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Shun Sugata as Detective |
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Atsushi Okuno as Yokota |
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Far-Long Oh as |
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Kôji Tsukamoto as Passport Centre Officer |
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Tetsu Watanabe as Kondo |
| Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
| Editing | Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
| Production | Toshiki Kimura | Producer |
| Sound | Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Naosuke Imaizumi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Akira Ishige | Production Design |
| Writing | Toshiki Kimura | Screenplay |
