| Ley Lines | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Takashi Miike |
| Produced by | Tsutomu Tsuchikawa |
| Written by | Ichiro Ryu |
| Music by | Kōji Endō |
| Cinematography | Naosuke Imaizumi |
| Editing by | Yasushi Shimamura |
| Country | japan |
Ley Lines is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, and is the third film in his 'Triad Society' trilogy (also known as the Black Society Trilogy), following 1995's Shinjuku Triad Society and 1997's Rainy Dog. 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.