Title(s) AKA: Dead Or Alive: Hanzaisha
Film Director(s): Takashi Miike
Film Producer(s): Makoto Okada, Katsumi Ono
Released: 1999 [Japan]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Sub-Genre: Crime

Overview:
Welcome to Shinjuku, city of darkness and corruption. Here rapid-fire shoot-outs and twisted acts of perverse violence provide the backdrop for a vicious war between the Japanese yakuza and the Chinese Triads, and make for one of the most dizzying and spectacular openings ever committed to film.

Ryuichi is a gangster who is driven by a desire for power and the memory of his deprived childhood. His younger brother, Toji, has just returned from studying in the U.S. Between them, they are about to learn some harsh lessons about life on the wrong side of the law. Meanwhile, Detective Jojima finds himself drawn deeper into the world of the yakuza as he continues to make dirty deals he hopes will raise the money to pay for his daughter's life-saving operation.

Uncompromising and fearlessly original, Dead or Alive takes a mind-bending journey into the dark and twisted world of ruthless gangsters, dealers, strippers, and hookers. This is cinema at one thousand miles an hour!

Cast:
Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Kaoru Sugita, Hirotaro Honda, Minoru Iizuka, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Mizuho Koga, Ren Oosugi, Tomoro Taguchi, Susumu Terajima, Hua Rong Wong, Kyosuke Yabe, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi. . .

taken from: http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.2685/qx/details.htm

IMO:
this is an extremely enjoyable movie for anyone who likes nudity n violence... it has one of the best intros i have ever seen, everything is so fast pace nia... but too bad la, it starts to slow after a while... even though its about yakuza n the police, got some parts quite funny leh, especially the ending... although most think its a lame ending, but it is really totally unexpected and cfm leave u pengz to the ground 1...

Rating:
4 out of 5 snoopys