DEAD OR ALIVE

[Stephen Cremin]

Probably written by somebody on a tight deadline who hadn't seen the film in
fifteen months, couldn't find any reviews online to remind him/her, and
thought bugger it I'll give away the ending to Markus in a stream of
consciousness.

Stephen

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>From: "A.M. Nornes" <amnornes at umich.edu>
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: DEAD OR ALIVE
>Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 00:13:38 +0900
>

>The following synopsis left me scratching my head. I'm not sure it makes me
>want to see it, but for those who have what is it about Dead or Alive that
>demands the welcome break from synopsis convention?
>
>Markus
>
>DEAD OR ALIVE
>Director: MIIKE Takashi; cast: AIKAWA Sho, TAKEUCHI Riki, OZAWA Hitoshi,
>KOGA Mizuho, TERAJIMA Susumu, TAGUCHI Tomoro.  Released: Tokyo on
>27/11/1999.  Festivals: Tokyo, Rotterdam, Fantasia, Helsinki, Vancouver,
>Hamburg, London.
>
>2000: Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.  Noodles; knife throwing; sodomy;
>noodles; cocaine; noodles; more cocaine; BANG!; noodles are back!; torture;
>misogyny; afro; railway track; running; keep on running; macho posturing;
>cops; yakuza; triads; warfare; shades; revenge; showdown; car crash; gun;
>bigger gun; where's my arm?; rocket launcher; am I in the right movie?;
>BOOM!; still running?