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Alive

Alive

A life worse than death.

20035.81h 59m

Overview

Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.

Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
Written by Ryuhei Kitamura, Yudai Yamaguchi, Isao Kiriyama
Produced by Hidemi Satani, Taizo Fukumaki, Shuichi Kakesu
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Top Cast

Hideo Sakaki

Hideo Sakaki

Tenshu Yashiro

Ryo

Ryo

Yurika Saegusa

Koyuki

Koyuki

Asuka Saegusa

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Matsuda

Erika Oda

Erika Oda

Misako Hara

Tak Sakaguchi

Tak Sakaguchi

Zeros

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Kojima

Ryushi Mizukami

Ryushi Mizukami

Warden 1

K

Keita Kimura

Warden 2

M

Minoru Aoki

Warden 3

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Themes & Keywords

experimentprison cellbased on manga

About Alive

Alive is a action, science fiction, horror film released in 2003 exploring themes of experiment, prison cell, based on manga. Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, it stars Hideo Sakaki, Ryo, Koyuki. Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.

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