# Dead or Alive (1999)

> A renegade gangster and a determined detective collide in a savage, darkly comic bid to seize Tokyo’s criminal underworld.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6302

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Takashi Miike
- Cast: Riki Takeuchi, Show Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Shingo Tsurumi, Ren Osugi, Kaoru Sugita, Dankan, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221111/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: kinetic, grotesque, darkly comic, cult film night, extreme action marathon

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