Dead or Alive overview

Synopsis:

Takashi Miike takes a dime-a-dozen yakuza script and turns it inside out in this high-octane surrealist crime action thriller. The film's first ten minutes is a breathless montage depicting a naked woman clutching a bag of cocaine being thrown off a high-rise, a porcine Chinese gangster devouring bowl after bowl of noodles before getting whacked, a tinsel-wigged stripper in mid-grind, another Chinese gangster having sex with a guy in a pubic bathroom, clowns throwing knives, and the world's longest cocaine line.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Takashi Miike
  • Studio: Daiei, Toei Company
  • Year: 2000
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Country: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Action
  • Filmed in: Color