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Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.

Part of Dead or Alive Collection

1999•1h 45m•6.4/10
ActionThrillerCrime

Ratings

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6.4/10(174)

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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Production

Toei Video Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Riki Takeuchi

Riki Takeuchi

Ryuuichi

Show Aikawa

Show Aikawa

Det. Jojima

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Aoki

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi

Chen

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Yan

Kaoru Sugita

Kaoru Sugita

Mrs. Jojima

Dankan

Dankan

Tanaka

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Hoshiyama

Hitoshi Ozawa

Hitoshi Ozawa

Seiji Satake

Mizuho Koga

Mariko

Michisuke Kashiwaya

Toji

Kyosuke Yabe

Kyosuke Yabe

Hitoshi Matsushima

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Okuyama

Tokitoshi Shiota

Sakurai

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Inoue

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Police Chief

Kaei Okina

Kaei Okina

Immortal Chef

Manzo Shinra

Manzo Shinra

Addict

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Afro Thug

Shū Ehara

Shū Ehara

Rapist in Restroom

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