Dead or Alive 2: Tôbôsha
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1h 36m
2000 • Japan • Directed by Takashi Miike
Dead or Alive 2: Birds casts Aikawa and Takeuchi together again, but as new characters, a pair of rival yakuza assassins who turn out to be childhood friends; after a botched hit, they flee together to the island where they grew up, and decide to devote their deadly skills to a more humanitarian cause...
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