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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 synopsisNewsDesk:
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High Hopes... moreCast
(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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Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Country:
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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. moreFAQ
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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.