Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.
| Original Title | ALIVE |
| Year | 2003 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Action, Science Fiction, Horror |
| Director | Ryuhei Kitamura |
| Runtime | 119 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.8/10 (51 votes) |
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The film constructs a grim dystopia, relying on the aesthetics of Japanese extreme cinema and cyberpunk body horror. It explores themes of corporeal transformation and scientific ethics, turning a prison cell into a laboratory of nightmares.
What lingers after the credits is a visceral sense of dread and a questioning of identity's limits. The experience is an assault on the senses that refuses to offer easy answers. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
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