Dead or Alive

About Dead or Alive

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.

Dead or Alive (1999) is a crime thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. At 105 minutes long, it arrived in November 1999.

Its themes are police officer, yakuza, undercover agent, and hoodlum.

Riki Takeuchi stars as Ryuuichi, Show Aikawa as Det. Jojima, Renji Ishibashi as Aoki, and Shingo Tsurumi as Chen. The screenplay is by Toshiki Kimura. American members can watch it on ARROW, MUBI, and MUBI Amazon Channel.

Pigs and Battleships, Black Rain, and Drunken Angel make useful companions to Dead or Alive, all filed under gangster and japan. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 182 votes.