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Dead or Alive

Play trailer Poster for Dead or Alive 1999,  1h 44m,  Action/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 55% 22 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
55% Tomatometer 22 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
A Japanese detective forms an alliance with a gangster to earn money to pay for his ailing daughter's operation.

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V.A. Musetto New York Post Oct 13, 2002
3.5/4
Audacious yakuza thriller. Go to Full Review
Elvis Mitchell New York Times Mar 11, 2002
1/5
A soulless compilation of thrills. Go to Full Review
Mark Rahner Seattle Times Jan 11, 2002
The tamest image in the movie is of a terrified man, about to be blown full of holes in a restaurant kitchen, who accidentally breads and deep-fries one of his hands. Go to Full Review
Kelly Vance East Bay Express May 4, 2010
Best of all, nobody, including actors Show Aikawa and rock star Riki Takeuchi as the cop and the criminal, takes the flick very seriously. So neither should you. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com May 12, 2006
3.5/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 14, 2005
3/5
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Cast & Crew

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Takashi Miike

Director

Shô Aikawa

Det. Jojima

Riki Takeuchi

Ryuuichi

Renji Ishibashi

Aoki

Hitoshi Ozawa

Satake

Kaoru Sugita

Mrs. Jojima

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Japanese detective forms an alliance with a gangster to earn money to pay for his ailing daughter's operation.
Director
Takashi Miike
Producer
Katsumi Ono, Makoto Okada, Toshiki Kimura
Screenwriter
Ichiro Ryu
Production Co
Excellent Film, Daiei Motion Picture Company, Toei Video Company
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.8K
Runtime
1h 44m
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