Dead or Alive: Final
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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 Show 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.
where the population is kept under rigid control by a homosexual megalomaniac mayor. The citizens are administered drugs to suppress heterosexual urges. Officer Takeshi Honda (Riki Takeuchi
) is a hard boiled cop enforcing the mayor's agenda, and Ryō (Show Aikawa) is a mellowed out drifter that hooks up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap Takeshi's son, it begins a series of events leading to an inevitable showdown.
While walking to the final confrontation, flashbacks to the first two films in the trilogy are shown, connecting all three films in a non-literal way. At the film's climax, the two characters fuse into a giant robot with a penis shaped head and fly over the mayor, who is engaged in sexual intercourse with a man. He looks over his left shoulder to see the penis-head-robot. This shot is notable for the fact that it provides symmetry with an opening shot of the initial film in the trilogy, wherein a man is interrupted during gay sex in a similar fashion.
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
film directed by Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike
is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
. It is the third in a three-part series, preceded by Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (film)
, abbreviated as DOA , is a 1999 Japanese yakuza action film directed by Takashi Miike. It stars Riki Takeuchi, as the Chinese Triad boss and former yakuza Ryūichi, and Show Aikawa, as the Japanese cop Detective Jojima, and focuses on their meeting and conflict...
in 1999 and Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Dead or Alive 2: Birds is a Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. Dead or Alive 2: Birds is unrelated to Dead or Alive or Dead or Alive: Final except that all three films have Show Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi in them, and they are all directed by Takashi Miike.-Plot:Two contract killers cross...
in 2000. The films are not connected in any apparent way except by director Takashi Miike and stars Riki Takeuchi
Riki Takeuchi
is a Japanese actor best known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies.Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive by Takashi Miike...
and Show Aikawa. Besides Japanese, a lot of the conversation of the film is in Cantonese
Standard Cantonese
Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....
, and some is in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Often two people will talk to each other using different languages.
Plot
Set in a post apocalyptic YokohamaYokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
where the population is kept under rigid control by a homosexual megalomaniac mayor. The citizens are administered drugs to suppress heterosexual urges. Officer Takeshi Honda (Riki Takeuchi
Riki Takeuchi
is a Japanese actor best known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies.Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive by Takashi Miike...
) is a hard boiled cop enforcing the mayor's agenda, and Ryō (Show Aikawa) is a mellowed out drifter that hooks up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap Takeshi's son, it begins a series of events leading to an inevitable showdown.
While walking to the final confrontation, flashbacks to the first two films in the trilogy are shown, connecting all three films in a non-literal way. At the film's climax, the two characters fuse into a giant robot with a penis shaped head and fly over the mayor, who is engaged in sexual intercourse with a man. He looks over his left shoulder to see the penis-head-robot. This shot is notable for the fact that it provides symmetry with an opening shot of the initial film in the trilogy, wherein a man is interrupted during gay sex in a similar fashion.
Cast
- Show Aikawa as Ryō
- Maria Chen as Michelle
- Richard Chen as Dictator Woo
- Jason Chu as Prisoner
- Josie HoJosie HoJosephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-Yi is a daughter of Macao casino magnate Stanley Ho, and a singer and actress from Hong Kong.-Movie career:She was involved in numerous movies, TV commercials, TV dramas, and singing performances....
as Jun - Tony Ho as Ping
- Hiroyoshi Komuro
- Ken Lo as Gangster
- Rachel Ngan as Pregnant Woman
- Don Tai as Don
- Riki TakeuchiRiki Takeuchiis a Japanese actor best known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies.Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive by Takashi Miike...
as Officer Takeshi Honda - William Tuen as Gangster
- Terence Yin as Fong
Other credits
- Film Editing by: Shuuwa Kōgen
- 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