Dead or Alive
A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.
A visceral, kinetic crime thriller that revels in stylized ultra-violence and the collision of underworld factions in a corrupt urban landscape.
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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