Japan Synopsis
DEAD OR ALIVE FINAL
Set in a post apocalyptic Yokohama where the population is kept under rigid control by a homosexual megalomaniac mayor. The citizens are administered drugs to suppress heterosexual urges. Officer Takeshi Honda is a hard boiled cop enforcing the mayor's agenda, and Ryō is a mellowed out drifter that hooks up with a gang of rebels. When the gang kidnap Takeshi's son, it begins a series of events leading to an inevitable showdown.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dead or Alive: Final. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Excellent Film
Action + Comedy in Japan
429 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dead or Alive: Final itself).
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
In the crowded 2001-2003 Japan release window, Dead or Alive: Final sits at #214 of 247. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dead or Alive: Final premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other Japan films in 2002.
The 1399th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
57 audience reviews — more than 66% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (66th percentile) outruns trending popularity (21th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dead or Alive: Final, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- sunglasses · 2
- drug overdose · 1
- cyborg · 28
- flashback · 28
- gun · 22
- dark comedy · 20
- male homosexuality · 18
- futuristic · 11
- surreal · 8
- japan · 454
- sequel · 143
- hong kong · 73
- cyberpunk · 48
- robot · 45
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,147 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (9th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,596 of 1,714 (top 93%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Excellent Film, Toei Video Company, Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Release Date | January 12, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0301167 |