Dead or Alive | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | April 15, 2017
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It starts as likely the most manic piece of cinema you will ever see then converts to a complicated character drama.
| genre | Action | Crime | foreign |
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| synopsis | 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. Jojima attempts to start a gang war between the Triad and yakuza. Ryūichi and Jojima meet. |
| lead actors | Riki Takeuchi | Sho Aikawa | Renji Ishibashi | Hitoshi Ozawa | Shingo Tsurumi | Kaoru Sugita | Dankan | Michisuke Kashiwaya | Ren Osugi | Tokitoshi Shiota | Susumu Terajima | Hua Rong Weng |
| director | Takashi Miike |