Japan Synopsis
DEAD OR ALIVE 2 逃亡者
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good… much to the upset of the crime syndicates.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dead or Alive 2: Birds. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Video Company
Crime + Drama in Japan
203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dead or Alive 2: Birds itself).
The 1999–2001 Japan Window
Dead or Alive 2: Birds holds position #99 of 205 Japan films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Dead or Alive 2: Birds premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for Japan cinema with only 64 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 1020 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 63 other Japan films in 2000.
The 1311th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
83 audience reviews — more than 73% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (73th percentile) outruns trending popularity (29th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dead or Alive 2: Birds, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- wings · 5
- sunglasses · 2
- cigar smoking · 1
- dark comedy · 20
- childhood friends · 17
- massacre · 13
- shootout · 12
- blood splatter · 11
- japan · 454
- sequel · 143
- yakuza · 93
- gangster · 85
- rape · 64
- death · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,519 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #184 of 402 (top 46%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Video Company, Excellent Film, Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | December 2, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0285005 |