# Alive - Der Tod ist die bessere Alternative (2003)

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**Original title**: *ALIVE*
**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Action, Science Fiction, Horror
**Directed by**: Ryuhei Kitamura
**Written by**: Ryuhei Kitamura, Yudai Yamaguchi, Isao Kiriyama
**Starring**: Hideo Sakaki, Ryo, Koyuki, Shun Sugata, Erika Oda, Tak Sakaguchi

> *A life worse than death.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

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