Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Dec 2, 2000

1h 37m

★ 6.9

Overview

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Toei Video Company

Excellent Film

Daiei Film

Dead or Alive 2: Birds Trailers

Cast

Mizuki Okamoto

Show Aikawa

Shuuichi Sawada

Riki Takeuchi

Kôhei's wife

Noriko Aota

Boo

Edison Chen

Kôhei

Kenichi Endo

Hiroko Isayama

Hoo

Masato

Head of Orphanage

Yūichi Minato

Mizuki's Stepfather

Ren Osugi

Manzo Shinra

Tomorowo Taguchi

Woo

Teah

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