Alive

Underground cell. Fluorescent buzz. Cold steel table. Tenshu wakes alive, strapped down, staring at a syringe. Two choices: another bullet or the maze of screaming doors. Kitamura’s neon-lit nightmare drips like battery acid.

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Ryuhei Kitamura directed Alive in 2003. See Ryuhei Kitamura's full filmography, where to start with Ryuhei Kitamura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ryuhei Kitamura.

Alive was released in 2003 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 119 minutes.