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Dead or Alive(Movie, 1999)

Original title: "DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者" (Japanese/JA)
1h 45min | Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime
Dead or AliveRating: 3.2/5 (with 6060 votes)
Dead or Alive (DEAD OR ALIVE: 犯罪者, Deddo oa araibu: Hanzaisha, Lit. "Dead or Alive: Criminals"), abbreviated as DOA (Dii ō ei), is a 1999 Japanese yakuza action film directed by Takashi Miike. It stars Riki Takeuchi as the gang boss and former yakuza Ryūichi and Show Aikawa as the Japanese cop Detective Jojima and focuses on their meeting and conflict. It is the first in a loosely-connected three-part series, followed by Dead or Alive 2: Birds in 2000 and Dead or Alive: Final in 2002. ()
Movie poster of Dead or Alive

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About Dead or Alive

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Plays in: Tokyo
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 12 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 11/27/1999
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Dead or Alive I"
"데드 오어 얼라이브 - 범죄자"
"Dead or Alive - Hanzaisha"
Budget: 4,615 USD

3 movies in the Dead or Alive Collection

1999 Dead or Alive
2000 Dead or Alive 2: Birds ("DEAD OR ALIVE 2 逃亡者")
2002 Dead or Alive: Final ("DEAD OR ALIVE FINAL")

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Other movies with this title: Dead or Alive (US, 1944), Dead or Alive (HU, 1980), Dead or Alive (CA/FR, 2002), Dead or Alive (2023)

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