Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha (1999)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writer:

Ichiro Ryu (writer)

Release Date:

27 November 1999 (Japan)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

WARNING: This motion picture contains explicit portrayals of violence; sex; violent sex; sexual violence; clowns and violent scenes of violent excess, which are definitely not suitable for all audiences.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | Mafia | Detective | Taiwan | Massacre

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Riki Takeuchi	...	Ryuuichi
Sho Aikawa	...	Det. Jojima
Renji Ishibashi	...	Aoki
Hitoshi Ozawa	...	Satake
Shingo Tsurumi	...	Chen
Kaoru Sugita	...	Mrs. Jojima
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dankan	...	Tanaka
Hirotaro Honda
Michisuke Kashiwaya	...	Toji
Mizuho Koga
Ryushi Mizukami
Ren Osugi	...	Yan (as Ren Oosugi)
Tomorowo Taguchi
Susumu Terajima	...	Inoue
Hua Rong Weng
Kyôsuke Yabe
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Also Known As:

D.O.A. (Japan) (short title)
Dead or Alive (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, language and drug use. (edited version)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Mandarin | Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | France:-16 (with warning) | Germany:18 | Japan:R-15 | New Zealand:R18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (edited version) | USA:Unrated

Company:

Daiei Motion Picture Company

Quotes:

Detective Jojima: Su Chi noodles? Must be Chan Feng.

Movie Connections:

References "The Fugitive" (1963)

Quintessential Takashi Miike

Every movie made by Miike is a completely new experience. Forget everything you have ever learned and thought about him and start all over.

Each and everyone will move the earth beneath you. It's a visual experience and very demanding on your soul. Miike tries to step over the line with every new movie.

The intro is one of the worst/best I have ever seen so far in my life. It's like life on speed! Then the movie moves into attitude, action, violence and some taboos! No other director would use as much kinky stuff as Miike does in this movie. So, if you can't stand scat and animal sex, beware!!!

Riki Takeuchi is one true great actor. He is perfect for his role. Mean and nasty and a borderline psychopath. Great Fun if you love Miike!