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Alive
Year
2002
Language
JAPANESE (ENGLISH subtitles)
Duration
1h 59m
Rating
R
CC
Performers
Hideo Sakaki, Ryo Koyuki, Tak Sakaguchi, Shun Sugata, Erika Oda, Jun Kunimura, Genji Ishibash, Tetta Sugimoto, Bengal
Directed By
Ryûhei Kitamura
Written By
Tsutomu Takahashi, Ryûhei Kitamura
Publication Information
Media Blasters
Summary
Alive is an examination of the life of Tenshu Yashiro, a death row convict who survives his execution. He is then given a choice: either repeat the botched electrocution; or, subject himself to a bizarre series of experiments. He chooses the latter and soon after that is placed in a room along with a rapist and a young woman. The girl is infected with a strange parasite that, in exchange for its host's humanity, it grants supernatural powers. At some point that parasite moves into Yashiro.