Ley Lines (1999)
- Original title
- 日本黒社会 LEY LINES
- Directed by
- Takashi Miike
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 55 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three Japanese youths of Chinese descent try to escape their tough lives in a small town. They get involved with crime and violence in the city.
bleaktensegrittymelancholicvisually starkrawunsettlingslow-burn
What happens
Ley Lines (Japanese: 日本黒社会 LEY LINES, Hepburn: Nihon Kuroshakai Rei Rainzu; literally "Japan Underworld: Ley Lines") is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, and is the third film in his Black Society trilogy, following 1995's Shinjuku Triad Society and 1997's Rainy Dog. 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. The English title refers to ley lines, the paranormal concept of geographic lines of energy based on the placement of landmarks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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