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Alive is a film of genre Drama directed by Ryūhei Kitamura released in USA on 26 october 2004 with Tak Sakaguchi
Alive (2003)
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Add to a movie listAlive is a 2002 Japanese science fiction film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. Based on the manga of the same name, the film focuses on Tenshu, a convict placed in an isolated cell with another convict and a mysterious woman possessed by an extraterrestrial life form known as the "Isomer", which possesses those with murderous instincts. The film stars Hideo Sakaki, Ryo, Koyuki, Erika Oda, Jun Kunimura, Bengal, Tetta Sugimoto, and Tak Sakaguchi.
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Suite à sa survie à son exécution, un condamné à mort accepte de participer à une expérience. Le gouvernement en profite alors pour tester un nouveau virus extraterrestre...Actors
Tak Sakaguchi
(Zeros)
Ryō
(Yurika Saegusa)
Hideo Sakaki
(Tenshu Yashiro)
Koyuki Katō
(Asuka Saegusa)
Shun Sugata
(Matsuda)
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