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Dead or Alive

Takashi Miike

Japan1999 105min 35mm Color

Synopsis

Japan. Tokyo. The mean streets of the Shinjuku ward. Police detective Jojima finds answers in a dead man's ramen noodles. The old guard Japanese yakuza gangsters are battling the young and virile Chinese Mafia, lead by ace tough guy Ryuichi, for control of the Shinjuku area. Jojima's ailing daughter needs an expensive heart operation. He needs cash quick, crosses sides and takes dirty money.

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Takashi Miike

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1960. Takashi Miike is a graduate of the Yokohama Academy of Broadcasting and Film. He started his career under Shohei Imamura, Kazuo Kuroki. He made his feature debut it 1995 with . His film includes (1996), (1997), and (1999). Working in a wide span of genres from adolescent films to Yakuza movies fantasy stories His latest films are , and .