Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa
In Tokyo's crime-infested Shinjuku quarter, a cop by the name of Jojima is drawn into criminal fraternization with the ruthless yakuza mobster Ryuichi in order to finance his daughter's operation.
DVD Release Date: May 27, 2003
Stats: 405 reviews
More than just "a cool intro and a cool ending" DOA is surprisingly a very mature and well told story with interesting characters that manage to keep you engaged the whole time. Add that a whole bunch of crazy ideas from the always fertile mind of Miike, two of the coolest actors...( read more)
Watch out, this one is not for the squeamish AND those without a sense of humour. The first five minutes are the biggest roller coaster ride I've experienced in a long, long while and left me breathless. What follows is a mix of heroic bloodshed, Yakuza-flics and manga in the fle...( read more)
This film had me completely lost, my concentration completely went and it never picked back up. I?m usually open-minded toward Takashi Miike?s content in films but this one really takes it over the line of vulgarity on at least 3 occasions.
A war between Yakusa and Triads, i...( read more)
The first 10 minutes, is a fast, action packed, heavily edited montage of an incredibly long line of coke being sniffed, a poll dancer, a man having his throat cut while making love to another man and a clown chucking knives at a man in leather underwear while spinning round real...( read more)
This one is put out by Kino Video, they have nothing but awesome movies, get there catalog. Why is it that Asian Cinema blows away US Cinema. Guess it like the cars. The shoot'em up scenes are incrediable.None compare. The whole movie is a blast. But wouldn't let the kiddies watc...( read more)
Wow!!!
Yet another interesting movie. I enjoyed the movie so well that I'd watch over and over.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
One of Takashi Miike's coolest and most agressive, stylized and violent films. The best of the trilogy indeed. Crazy, violent, and an over-the-top badass attitude indeed. What a great and daring introduction, dividing both the aggresive, violent audience...( read more)
I think if the main actor were Susumu Terajima, the all story would be better
I good Japanese gangster flick that has the craziest intro of all time with a prettycrazy ending was well. The story was pretty good and so were the characters and direction, but overall, it's a gangster flick, but one with a badass attitude and some different visuals and scenes ...( read more)
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