Ley Lines poster
Movie · 1999

Ley Lines

1h 45m
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Takashi Miike
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.
Your take
Feels most like El padrino: The Latin Godfather, The Quiller Memorandum and The Public Eye

Details

Original title
日本黒社会 LEY LINES
Director
Takashi Miike
Year
1999
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Action