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.
Directing | Takashi Miike | Director |
Sound | Koji Endo | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Yasushi Shimamura | Editor |
Writing | Ichiro Ryu | Screenplay |
Production | Toshiki Kimura | Producer |
Art | Akira Ishige | Production Design |
Camera | Naosuke Imaizumi | Director of Photography |