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Dead or Alive

1999 · 105 min

A volatile, ultra-violent yakuza thriller that escalates from gritty crime to surreal, apocalyptic chaos.

Tagline
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • violence
  • betrayal
  • corruption
  • revenge
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror5
Humour4
Realism4
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, thriller, crime
Directed by
Takashi Miike
Written by
Toshiki Kimura
Starring
Riki Takeuchi, Show Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Shingo Tsurumi, Ren Osugi, Kaoru Sugita, Dankan, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Music
Koji Endo
Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto
Runtime
105 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Mandarin, Japanese

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