Alive (2003)

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A life worse than death.

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.

• Released: 2003-06-21
• Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Horror
• Runtime: 1h 59m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 5.8/10 from 54 votes

Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.

Top cast

• Hideo Sakaki as Tenshu Yashiro
• Ryo as Yurika Saegusa
• Koyuki as Asuka Saegusa
• Shun Sugata as Matsuda
• Erika Oda as Misako Hara
• Tak Sakaguchi as Zeros
• Jun Kunimura as Kojima
• Ryushi Mizukami as Warden 1
• Keita Kimura as Warden 2
• Minoru Aoki as Warden 3

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Alive

• United States: watch free on Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, Tubi TV; rent on Fandango At Home; buy on Fandango At Home
• Canada: watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV

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