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Dead Or Alive (1999 Film)
, abbreviated as ''DOA'' (''Dii ō ei''), is a 1999 Japanese yakuza action film directed by Takashi Miike. It stars Riki Takeuchi as the gang boss and former yakuza Ryūichi and Show Aikawa as the Japanese cop Detective Jojima and focuses on their meeting and conflict. It is the first in a loosely-connected three-part series, followed by '' Dead or Alive 2: Birds'' in 2000 and '' Dead or Alive: Final'' in 2002. Synopsis Ryūichi (Riki Takeuchi) is the leader of a small gang of nikkei gangsters operating in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, made up of his childhood friends, Satake (Hitoshi Ozawa), Mariko (Mizuho Koga), Hoshiyama (Ryuushi Muzkami) and Hitoshi (Kyousuke Yabe). They pull off a daring, broad daylight robbery of a truck carrying money out of a business run by Aoki (Renji Ishibashi), a local yakuza boss who is in the middle of negotiating a territory deal with a triad gang led by Mr. Chen (Shingo Tsurumi). Humiliated by the public loss of money at the hands of petty crooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Miike
is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent and surrealism, bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly movies. He is a controversial figure in the contemporary Japanese cinema industry, with several of his films being criticised for their extreme graphic violence. Some of his best known films are Audition (1999 film), ''Audition'', Ichi the Killer (film), ''Ichi the Killer'', ''Gozu'', One Missed Call (2003 film), ''One Missed Call'', the ''Dead or Alive (1999 film), Dead or Alive'' trilogy, and various remakes: Graveyard of Honor (2002 film), ''Graveyard of Honor'', ''Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Hara-kiri'' and 13 Assassins (2010 film), ''13 Assassins''. Early life Miike was born in Yao, Osaka, Yao, Osaka Prefecture, to a ''Japanese diaspora#Asia, Nikkei'' family originally from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingo Tsurumi
is a Japanese actor. Career Shingo Tsurumi has appeared in the films such as Katsuhito Ishii's ''Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl'', Hideo Nakata's '' L: Change the World'', and Tak Sakaguchi's ''Yakuza Weapon''. Filmography Films * ''Tonda Couple'' (1980) * '' Typhoon Club'' (1985) * ''The Sound of Waves'' (1985) * ''Gonin'' (1995), Shigeru Hisamatsu * ''Atashi wa juice'' (1996) * '' Rasen'' (1998) * ''Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl'' (1999) * '' Dead or Alive'' (1999) * ''Kaza Hana'' (2000) * ''Freeze Me'' (2000) * ''Hysteric'' (2000) * ''Sukedachiya Sukeroku'' (2001) * '' Gun Crazy: A Woman from Nowhere'' (2002) * ''Hitokiri Ginji'' (2003) * '' Lakeside Murder Case'' (2004) * ''The Thousand Year Fire'' (2004) * '' My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?'' (2005) * ''Hinagon'' (2005) * '' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' (2005) * ''School Daze'' (2005) * '' L: Change the World'' (2007) * ''Hana Yori Dango Final'' (2008) * ''Yakuza Weapon'' (2011) * '' Life Back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hua Rong Weng
Hua or HUA may refer to: China * Hua, as in Huaxia and Zhonghua, a name of China ** Hoa people, Chinese people in Vietnam * Hua (state), a state in ancient China, destroyed by Qin * Hua (surname), a Chinese surname * Hua County, in Anyang, Henan, China * Hua County, Guangdong, now Huadu District, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China * Hua County, Shaanxi, now Huazhou District, in Weinan, Shaanxi, China * Mount Hua, a mountain in Shaanxi, China Other uses * Hua Islet, Wangan Township, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan (Republic of China) * Hua language (other), a name used for several unrelated languages * Hua's lemma, in analytic number theory * Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA), a Pakistan-based Islamic paramilitary organization operating primarily in Kashmir * Heard Understood Acknowledged, possible origin of ''hooah'', a U.S. Army battle cry * Redstone Army Airfield in Alabama, U.S. * ''Turbonilla hua'', a species of sea snail in the family Pyramidellidae See also * ''An hua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorowo Taguchi
is a Japanese actor, film director and musician. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in ''Zokubutsu Zukan'' (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in '' Tetsuo'' and '' Tetsuo II'' directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series ''Project X - Challengers'' which aired between 2000 and 2005 on NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirotarō Honda
is a Japanese actor from MIto, Ibaraki Prefecture. He started his acting career at the Bungakuza Theatre Company's acting school. His first film appearance was in the Nikkatsu Roman Porno film ''Sei to Ai no Korider'' in 1977. Filmography Film * ''Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion'' (1985) * ''Shiki Natsuko'' (1980) as Nakagaki * ''Dixieland Daimyo'' (1986) as Suzukawa Kadonosuke * '' Sure Death 4: Revenge'' (1987) as Sugie Iori * ''Rainbow Kids'' (1991) as Takano * ''No Worries on the Recruit Front'' (1991) * '' Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict'' (1992) as Samurai to be executed by Ogami Ittō * '' Shall We Dance?'' (1996) * '' Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'' (1995) as Masaaki Saitō * '' Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru'' (1998) as Tsuguo Tadokoro * '' Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris'' (1999) as Masaaki Saitō * ''Poppoya'' (1999) as Miner * ''Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji'' (1999) as Asakichi * ''Dora-heita'' (2000) as Denkichi * ''Sennen no Koi Story of Genji'' (2001) * ''Vengeance fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ren Osugi
, born was a Japanese actor. For his work in ''Cure'', ''Hana-bi'' and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima. In the DVD commentary to the ''MPD Psycho'' television series, director Takashi Miike said that he admired Osugi's experience to shift quickly from comic and imbecilic to authoritative and earnest. He died of heart failure at the age of 66 on February 21, 2018. Filmography Films 1980s * ''Kinbaku ikenie'' (緊縛いけにえ) (1980) * ''Empire of Kids'' (ガキ帝国; ''Gaki teikoku'') (1981) * ''Beautiful Mystery'' (巨根伝説 美しき謎; ''Kyokon densetsu: utsukushii nazo'') (1983) * '' Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride'' a.k.a. ''Spring Bride'' (変態家族兄貴の嫁さん; ''Hentai kazoku: Aniki no yomesan'') (1984) * ''Momoiro shintai kensa'' (桃色身体検査) (1985) 1990 *''Love of Sawako'' (さわこの恋 上手な嘘 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dankan
is a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films since 1990. Selected filmography Film Television References External links * {{Authority control 1959 births Living people People from Saitama (city) Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuho Koga
Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in Tokyo * Mizuho Plateau in Antarctica ** Mizuho Station (Antarctica) * Mizuho Township, former name during the Japanese colonial period of the town of Ruisui, Hualien in Taiwan People * Mizuho Ōta (1876–1955), Japanese poet * Mizuho Suzuki (born 1927), Japanese actor * Mizuho Fukushima (born 1955), Japanese female politician * Mizuho Aimoto (born 1964), Japanese female manga artist * Mizuho Yoshida (born 1965), Japanese actor * Mizuho Katayama (born 1969), female synchronized swimming coach in Japan who represented South Korea at the 1988 Olympics * Mizuho Kusanagi (born 1979), Japanese female manga artist *, Japanese long-distance runner * Mizuho Sakaguchi (born 1987), Japanese female association footballer * Mizuho Saito, member of the former Japanese band Zo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitoshi Ozawa
Hitoshi (written: , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese scholar and murder victim *, Japanese painter *, Japanese general *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese director * Hitoshi Narita, Japanese naval architect *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese musician *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese video game composer * Hitoshi Sasaki (other), multiple people *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese boxer *, Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |