Dead or Alive 2: Birds

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Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Directed by	Takashi Miike
Written by	Masa Nakamura
Music by	Chu Ishikawa
Cinematography	Kazunari Tanaka
Release date(s)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Preceded by	Dead or Alive
Followed by	Dead or Alive: Final
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Dead or Alive 2: Birds is a Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike.

[edit] Plot

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.

[edit] Cast

Sho Aikawa (credited as Show Aikawa) as Mizuki Okamoto
Riki Takeuchi as Shuuichi Sawada
Noriko Aota as Kôhei's wife
Edison Chen as Boo
Kenichi Endo as Kôhei
Hiroko Isayama
Masato as Hoo
Yuichi Minato as Head of orphanage
Ren Osugi (credited as Red Ohsugi) as Mizuki's stepfather
Manzô Shinra
Tomorowo Taguchi as Man with telescope
Teah as Woo
Toru Tezuka
Shinya Tsukamoto as Magician Higashino
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

[edit] Other credits

Produced by:
- Toshiki Kimura: associate producer for Excellent Film
- Mitsuru Kurosawa: executive producer for Toei Video
- Yoshihiro Masuda: producer for Daiei
- Makoto Okada: producer for Toei Video
- Tsutomu Tsuchikawa: executive producer for Daiei