Dead or Alive: Final

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Dead or Alive: Final
Directed by Takashi Miike
Music by Kôji Endô
Cinematography Kazunari Tanaka
Release date(s) Flag of Japan 2002
Running time 89 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese, Cantonese, English
Preceded by Dead or Alive 2: Birds
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Dead or Alive: Final is a 2002 Japanese cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Takashi Miike. It is the third in a three-part series, preceded by Dead or Alive in 1999 and Dead or Alive 2: Birds in 2000. The films are not connected in any apparent way except by director Takashi Miike and stars Riki Takeuchi and Sho Aikawa. Besides Japanese, a lot of the conversation of the film is in Cantonese, and some is in English. Often two people will talk to each other using different languages.

[edit] Plot

Set in a post apocalyptic Yokohama where the population is kept under rigid control by a half crazed mayor, Riki Takeuchi is a hard boiled cop and Show Aikawa a mellowed out drifter that hooks up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap Takeuchi's son, the wheels are set in motion that leads to an inevitable showdown. At the end the two characters fuse into a giant robot with a penis shaped head.

[edit] Cast

  • Sho Aikawa as Ryô
  • Maria Chen as Michelle
  • Richard Chen as Dictator Woo
  • Jason Chu as Prisoner
  • Josie Ho as Jun
  • Tony Ho as Ping
  • Hiroyoshi Komuro
  • Ken Lo as Gangster
  • Rachel Ngan as Pregnant Woman
  • Don Tai as Don
  • Riki Takeuchi as Officer Takeshi Honda
  • William Tuen as Gangster
  • Terence Yin as Fong

[edit] Other credits

  • Film Editing by: Shuuwa Kôgen
  • Production Manager: Hirofumi Yamabe
  • Assistant Directors
    • Kimiyoshi Adachi
    • Masato Tanno
  • Action choreographer: Chung Chi Li
  • 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
    • Ken Takeuchi: planner
    • Tsutomu Tsuchikawa: executive producer for Daiei
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