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.

• DirectorTakashi Miike
• Release22 May 1999
• Genre
  Drama / Thriller
• Duration1h 45m
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  6.343
  54 reviews
• Productions

  Daiei Film, Excellent Films