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Dead or Alive
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Dead or Alive

Nov 27, 1999
1h 45m
★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Action
Thriller
Crime

Production Companies

Toei Video Company

Dead or Alive Trailers

Cast

Riki Takeuchi

Ryuuichi

Riki Takeuchi

Show Aikawa

Det. Jojima

Show Aikawa

Renji Ishibashi

Aoki

Renji Ishibashi

Shingo Tsurumi

Chen

Shingo Tsurumi

Ren Osugi

Yan

Ren Osugi

Kaoru Sugita

Mrs. Jojima

Kaoru Sugita

Dankan

Tanaka

Dankan

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Hoshiyama

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Hitoshi Ozawa

Seiji Satake

Hitoshi Ozawa

Mizuho Koga

Mariko

Mizuho Koga

Michisuke Kashiwaya

Toji

Michisuke Kashiwaya

Kyosuke Yabe

Hitoshi Matsushima

Kyosuke Yabe

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