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Dead or Alive 2: Birds is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Takashi Miike released in USA on 2 december 2000 with Shō Aikawa

Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

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Dead or Alive 2: Birds
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Released in USA 2 december 2000
Length 1h37
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Crime
Rating66% 3.349573.349573.349573.349573.34957

Dead or Alive 2: Birds (DEAD OR ALIVE 2 逃亡者) is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. Dead or Alive 2: Birds is unrelated to Dead or Alive (1999) or Dead or Alive: Final (2002) except that all three films have Show Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi in them, and they are all directed by Takashi Miike.

Synopsis

Two contract killers cross paths on the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decide to team up and use their talents in killing for good... upsetting the crime syndicates they used to work for.

Actors

Shō Aikawa

(Mizuki Okamoto)Riki Takeuchi

(Shuuichi Sawada)Shin'ya Tsukamoto

(Magician Higashino)Edison Chen

(Boo)Kenichi Endō

(Kôhei)
And :
Ren Osugi
Tomorowo Taguchi
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