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Dead or Alive (1999) — Where to Stream · CriticCrunch

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Dead or Alive

Movie1999·105 min

Dead or Alive

Directed by Takashi Miike

Action Thriller Crime

A action thriller film directed by Takashi Miike.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 46%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.4/10

176 ratings

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.

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Stylized
Story Tags: corruption power, ambition hubris, survival of spirit, japan, urban, rivals, detective investigator, anti hero, cat and mouse, rise and fall, organized crime, drug trade

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Details

Director: Takashi Miike
Language: Japanese

Cast

Riki Takeuchi, Show Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi

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How Dead or Alive Ranks

All movies

Top 46%

1990s movies

Top 45%

Action movies

Top 49%

1990s Action movies

Top 49%

Takashi Miike filmsTop 72%

Top 46% All movies.

the vibe

Dead or Alive Vibe

What it feels like

grippingdarkintenseapproachablelight-touchbroadbleakgritty

stylized

What it's about

cat & mouserise & fallcorruption powerambition hubrissurvival of spiritdetective investigatoranti-herorivalsorganized crimedrug tradejapanurban

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9

texture

grittygritty