Dead or Alive 2: Birds | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | February 6, 2022
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A worthy sequel in this group of Miike directed Yakuza films. Like its predecessor, a strong character drama develops.
| genre | Action | Crime | foreign |
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| synopsis | Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates. |
| lead actors | Show Aikawa | Riki Takeuchi | Noriko Aota | Edison Chen | Kenichi Endo | Hiroko Isayama | Masato | Yuichi Minato | Ren Osugi | Manzô Shinra | Tomorowo Taguchi | Teah | Toru Tezuka | Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| director | Takashi Miike |