Dead or Alive

Nov 27, 1999

1h 45m

★ 6.4

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

Ryuuichi

Riki Takeuchi

Det. Jojima

Show Aikawa

Aoki

Renji Ishibashi

Chen

Shingo Tsurumi

Yan

Ren Osugi

Mrs. Jojima

Kaoru Sugita

Tanaka

Dankan

Hoshiyama

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Seiji Satake

Hitoshi Ozawa

Mariko

Mizuho Koga

Toji

Michisuke Kashiwaya

Hitoshi Matsushima

Kyosuke Yabe

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