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User Rating:
6.9/10   1,558 votes
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Director:
Takashi Miike
Writer:
Masa Nakamura (writer)
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Release Date:
2 December 2000 (Japan) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Best of the trilogy more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Sho Aikawa ... Mizuki Okamoto (as Show Aikawa)
Riki Takeuchi ... Shuuichi Sawada
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Noriko Aota ... Kôhei's wife

Edison Chen ... Boo
Kenichi Endo ... Kôhei
Hiroko Isayama
Masato ... Hoo
Yuichi Minato ... Head of orphanage
Ren Osugi ... Mizuki's stepfather (as Ren Ohsugi)
Manzô Shinra
Tomorowo Taguchi ... Man with telescope
Teah ... Woo
Toru Tezuka
Shinya Tsukamoto ... Magician Higashino
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Dead or Alive 2: Runaway (literal English title)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Movie Connections:
Edited into Dead or Alive: Final (2002) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Best of the trilogy, 15 June 2005
8/10
Author: movieman_kev from United States

Two hit men (Riki Takeuchi and Sho Aikawa) cross paths while pulling off a job. They decide to run a playground and reminisce about their shared childhood. Quite a bit lighter in tone than the original "Dead or Alive" which the sequel has (apart from the same two lead actors) nothing in common with. When I say 'lighter in tone', I of course mean for a Takashi Miike film. This movie is more about the wonders and joys of children growing up, not yet jaded by how the world really is. Fans of Miike's bizarreness won't be disappointed with it either. I myself like this film more then the first one and is superbly acted.

My Grade: B+

DVD Extras: Theatrical Trailer; and Trailers for "Dead or Alive" "Dead or Alive Final", "Sharkskin and Peach Hip Girl" and "Junk Food"

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