IMDb
6.9 /10
2k votes


Drama · Thriller · Crime · 1999 · 1h 45min
日本黒社会 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.
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Daiei FilmExcellent FilmsLey Lines Original Trailer (Takashi Miike, 1999)
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IMDb
6.9 /10
2k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71 /100
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TMDB
6.5 /10
56 votes
Letterboxd
7.2 /10
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Weighted average
6.9/10