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Dead Or Alive
Dead Or Alive
Stars: Riki Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Sho Aikawa, Susumu TerajimaDirector: Takashi Miike
Summary: After a rapid-fire montage of two groups of gangsters, one Japanese, the other ethnic Chinese, killing each other and everybody else on screen, DEAD OR ALIVE's story begins when a police officer announces, Round up everybody who looks (suspicious), even if they aren't Chinese. The Chinese have been living in Japan for centuries, but have never been accepted or integrated into Japanese society. This larger conflict underlies the blood and gore of the two gangs vying to make a big drug purchase from a mainland Chinese gang. When Jojima (Show Aikawa) an otherwise honest cop, needs money for an operation for his daughter, he gets a loan from the head of the Japanese gang, but when his partner kills the brother of the leader of the Chinese mafia, Ryuichi (Riki Rakeuchi), a blood feud begins between the two men.<BR>DEAD OR ALIVE's fast-paced cinematic presentation, black humor, tongue-in-cheek satire, and misogynist sadism set it apart from similar films by Takeshi Kitano. Director Takashi Miike's earlier film, AUDITION, is known for its stunning ending, but here he builds up to a parody of the big showdown that is so hysterically comic that, borrowing from Monty Python and DR. STRANGELOVE, it reaches absolutely apocalyptic proportions.
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| Main Language: | Japanese |
| Region: | Region 0 |
| Special Features: | Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer, 2. Asia Extreme Trailer Reel, Interview - 1. Miike Takashi - Director, Filmographies, Chris Campion Film Notes |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Release Date: | June 24, 2002 |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Certification: | |
| Catalogue Number: | T V D 3392 |
| Label: | Asia Extreme |
| Keywords: | Subtitled, Dead, Alive, General, Thriller, Japanese |
| Genre: | Thriller |
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