Dead or Alive 2: Birds
| Dead or Alive 2: Birds | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Takashi Miike |
| Written by | Masa Nakamura |
| Produced by | Yoshihiro Masuda Makoto Okada |
| Starring | Show Aikawa Riki Takeuchi |
| Cinematography | Kazunari Tanaka |
| Music by | Chu Ishikawa |
Release dates |
November 11, 2001 (United Kingdom) |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.[citation needed]
Plot
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.
Cast
- Show Aikawa as Mizuki Okamoto
- Riki Takeuchi as Shuuichi Sawada
- Noriko Aota as Kōhei's wife
- Edison Chen as Boo
- Kenichi Endo as Kōhei
- Hiroko Isayama
- Masato as Hoo
- Yuichi Minato as Head of orphanage
- Ren Osugi (credited as Red Ohsugi) as Mizuki's stepfather
- Manzō Shinra
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Man with telescope
- Teah as Woo
- Toru Tezuka
- Shinya Tsukamoto as Magician Higashino
- Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Other credits
- 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
- Tsutomu Tsuchikawa: executive producer for Daiei
- Film Editing by: Yasushi Shimamura
- Production Design by: Akira Ishige
- Sound Department: Mitsugu Shiratori (sound)
