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Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha

Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha

1999Movie⏱️ 1h 45mUnrated
ActionCrimeDramaThriller
6.7
IMDB Rating
8,919 votes

A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.

Director
Takashi Miike
Writers
N/A
Stars
Shô Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi
Release Date
November 27, 1999
Language
Mandarin, Japanese
Country
Japan
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Shô Aikawa
Shô Aikawa
as Det. Jojima
Riki Takeuchi
Riki Takeuchi
as Ryuuichi
Renji Ishibashi
Renji Ishibashi
as Aoki
👤
Hitoshi Ozawa
as Satake
👤
Shingo Tsurumi
as Chen
👤
Kaoru Sugita
as Mrs. Jojima
👤
Duncan
as Tanaka
👤
Shû Ehara
as Rapist in restroom
Sei Hiraizumi
Sei Hiraizumi
as Police Chief
👤
Hirotarô Honda

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Daiei, Toei Video Company, Excellent Film

🏷️ Keywords

yakuzamassacreviolencegoresexual perversion

🎯 Categories

MandarinActionCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

This movie rocks!
by Mr White-102000-02-06
10/10

"I have no other way to say it: this movie was brilliant! When I saw it last week at the Rotterdam Film Festival, I was completely blown away! And I wasn't the only one... Several other people at the theater actualy gave a (well deserved) standing ovation! This movie was just extraordinary. Not Miiki Takashi's best work (that would be Audition), but certainly one of his most enjoyable and fun flicks! I am amazed that the director is so unknown outside of Japan, because he really is a genius, inventing cinema all over again. He is only in the movie making business for about four years,..."

📖 Synopsis

A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.