Watch: 日本黒社会 LEY LINES 1999 123movies, Full Movie Online – A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way in life and eventually find trouble with the local crime syndicate..
Plot: 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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Another Miike bullseye
Ley Lines is the third installment in the Triad Society trilogy, and like the others this is a (almost) serious film. It revolves around a group of outsiders (sound familiar?) trying to survive in the rough Osaka neighborhood. The movie has a very nostalgic atmosphere and since it revolves around the yakuza world, there are a couple of “Miike-highlights” in this one, however without compromising the atmosphere or tone of the film. So like Shinjuku Triad Society this one is sort of a mix between the serious and insane, and a great movie to boot.8/10
Beautifully done, if unable to avoid some cliches
This was a much more character-driven storyline than one might expect from Miike, and very nicely done, although it doesn’t exactly score huge points for originality. We have the hooker with the heart of gold, and the usual tale of three disaffected youths trying to better their lot in life, only to fall into a life of crime that leads to disaster. But all of the characters are still sympathetic, and Miike’s way of framing his story against the real sense of disconnection that his Chinese characters feel living in Japan is effective (even if American viewers might only pick it out after having a critic more savvy in Asian societal dynamics explain it first). This is also the most gorgeously shot Miike film I think I’ve seen, rich with deeply saturated and highly stylized colors. 8/10 from me.
Original Language ja
Runtime 1 hr 45 min (105 min) (France)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Takashi Miike
Writer Toshiki Kimura
Actors Kazuki Kitamura, Tomorô Taguchi, Dan Li
Country Japan
Awards 1 win
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Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm