Dead or Alive 2: Birds

Dead or Alive 2: Birds
File:DeadOrAlive2BirdsFilm.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Written by	Masa Nakamura
Produced by	Yoshihiro Masuda Makoto Okada
Starring	Sho Aikawa Riki Takeuchi
Cinematography	Kazunari Tanaka
Music by	Chu Ishikawa
Release dates	December 2, 2000 November 11, 2001
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Dead or Alive 2: Birds is a Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike.

Plot

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of 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 decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.

The film is filled with bizarre, surreal, and violent imagery which is common for Takashi Miike films.

Film Facts

Dead or Alive 2: Birds is in no way related to Dead or Alive or Dead or Alive: Final except for that all three films have Sho Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi in them, and they are all directed by Takashi Miike.

Cast

• Sho Aikawa (credited as Show Aikawa) as Mizuki Okamoto
• Riki Takeuchi as Shuuichi Sawada
• Noriko Aota as Kôhei's wife
• Edison Chen as Boo
• Kenichi Endo as Kôhei
• Hiroko Isayama
• Masato as Hoo
• Yuichi Minato as Head of orphanage
• Ren Osugi (credited as Red Ohsugi) as Mizuki's stepfather
• Manzô 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)