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Alive (2002/I)

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User Rating: 5.8/10 (652 votes)

Overview

Director:
Ryuhei Kitamura
Writers:
Tsutomu Takahashi (comic book)
Ryuhei Kitamura (screenplay) ...
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Tagline:
A life worse than death.
Plot:
After survivng his own execution, Tenshu choses to be subjected to the bizarre experiments of the prison officials. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Hideo Sakaki ... Tenshu Yashiro
Ryô ... Yurika Saegusa

Koyuki ... Asuka Saegusa
Shun Sugata ... Matsuda
Erika Oda ... Misako Hara
Tak Sakaguchi ... Zeros
Jun Kunimura ... Kojima
Ryushi Mizukami ... Warden 1
Keita Kimura ... Warden 2
Minoru Aoki ... Warden 3
Boba ... Hair Cut Guard
Takanori Hamachika ... Guard 1
Makato Kitami ... Guard 2
Seki Watanabe ... Guard 3
Suenari Matsubara ... Guard 4
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:MA (2006) | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16
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Goofs:
When Takutake shoots Zeros after he is defeated, you can clearly hear the sound of a shell casing of a pistol hitting the ground. As Takutake is using a revolver, which does not eject spent shells after each shot, this would make no sense. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004) (VG) more

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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
High Hopes..., 9 March 2005
2/10
Author: salukininer from United States

Having seen Versus previously I had high hopes for Alive. The description of the movie on the back of the DVD jacket sounded promising. Alive did not deliver. VERY slow development. Loads of potential with the cast and the cool visuals. The premise was intriguing but the payoff did not offset the build up. Could have done so much more at the end. Most of the movie is just " sitting around ". To put it plainly, three of us were amped to sit down and watch this movie and by the 50 minute mark we were struggling to make it thru to the end. It really needed more shock elements. If you are looking for Ichi the Killer or Versus type fights then save yourself some $ and loads of disappointment.

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