Dead or Alive (1999)

★ 6.4/10 105 min Action, Thriller, Crime Japan Japanese

Director: Takashi Miike

Screenplay by: Toshiki Kimura

Streaming: Not available

A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.

Description

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.

Trailer

Top Cast

Riki Takeuchi Ryuuichi

Show Aikawa Det. Jojima

Renji Ishibashi Aoki

Shingo Tsurumi Chen

Ren Osugi Yan

Kaoru Sugita Mrs. Jojima

Dankan Tanaka

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Hoshiyama

Dead or Alive Appears on 2 Curated Movie Lists

Critic Curated

Rolling Stone - 50 Best Action Movies

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Genre Curation

Top 100 Yakuza Films As Rated By The Letterboxd Community

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