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Ley Lines

1999 · 105 min Drama Thriller Crime
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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Original Title 日本黒社会 LEY LINES
Year 1999
Country Japan
Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime
Director Takashi Miike
Runtime 105 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (54 votes)

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Miike constructs a frenetic, gritty descent into Tokyo's underworld, relying on a raw, quasi-documentary style to propel the narrative. The film explores the fragility of dreams and the violence of social exclusion with unflinching intensity.

What lingers after the credits is a bitter truth about the cost of assimilation and how quickly hope can curdle into despair. It's a visceral, unsentimental portrait of the marginalized. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Takashi Miike

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Watch late at night, alone, to be fully consumed by its neon-drenched, ruthless atmosphere.

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