Dead or Alive
1999, NR, 105 min. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Mon., July 29, 2002
The Alamo has decided to expand its monthly Hong Kong series to make a spot for the prolific new Japanese director Takashi Miike, whose stylish splatter films make even the most hard-core among us blanch. Miike's Dead or Alive is a hyperkinetic yakuza picture which reportedly has one scene of excess following another. The movie's tagline warns: "This motion picture contains explicit portrayals of violence; sex; violent sex; sexual violence; clowns and violent scenes of violent excess, which are definitely not suitable for all audiences." Proceed at your own risk.
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Dead or Alive, Takashi Miike, Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi
