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58% Critic Match
Alive
“A life worse than death.”
5.8 / 10• 2003• 1h 59m•NR• Japanese
ActionScience FictionHorror
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Hideo Sakaki
Tenshu Yashiro
Lead
Ryo
Yurika Saegusa
Koyuki
Asuka Saegusa
Shun Sugata
Matsuda
Erika Oda
Misako Hara
Tak Sakaguchi
Zeros
Jun Kunimura
Kojima
Ryushi Mizukami
Warden 1
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ryuhei Kitamura's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Alive is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
