Dead or Alive (1999)

  • NR
  • 11/27/1999 (US)
  • Action, Thriller, Crime
  • 1h 45m

A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.

Overview

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.

Ichiro Ryu

Screenplay

Takashi Miike

Director

Cast

Riki Takeuchi's headshot

Riki Takeuchi

Ryuuichi
Show Aikawa's headshot

Show Aikawa

Det. Jojima
Renji Ishibashi's headshot

Renji Ishibashi

Aoki
Shingo Tsurumi's headshot

Shingo Tsurumi

Chen
Ren Osugi's headshot

Ren Osugi

Yan
Kaoru Sugita's headshot

Kaoru Sugita

Mrs. Jojima
Dankan's headshot

Dankan

Tanaka
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi's headshot

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Hoshiyama

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