Dead or Alive
Original title: Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha
“A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.”
1999 · 1 h 45 min
Takashi MiikeCast
Riki Takeuchi
Sho AikawaCredits
Written by: Toshiki Kimura
Plot
A violent yakuza epic.
Sinekatalog’s take
Takashi Miike's yakuza epic is wild, violent and gleefully excessive, ending in a notorious finale. Riki Takeuchi and Sho Aikawa power a freewheeling cult shocker that defines Miike's anarchic energy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (9,025 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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