Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Original title: Dead or Alive 2: Tôbôsha
2000 · 1 h 37 min
Takashi MiikeCast
Shō Aikawa 
Riki Takeuchi Noriko Aota 
Edison Chen 
Ken'ichi Endō 
Hiroko Isayama
Credits
Written by: Masa Nakamura
Plot
Two assassins who grew up as friends meet during a job and decide to leave their trade.
Sinekatalog’s take
Takashi Miike's sequel, with Show Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi, is tender, strange and unexpectedly sweet.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (4,386 votes)
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