"Dead or Alive: Criminals"), abbreviated as DOA (Dii ō ei), is a 1999 Japanese yakuza action film directed by Takashi Miike.

It stars Riki Takeuchi as the gang boss and former yakuza Ryūichi and Show Aikawa as the Japanese cop Detective Jojima and focuses on their meeting and conflict.

Ryūichi is the leader of a small group of nikkei gangsters operating in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, made up of his childhood friends Satake, Mariko, Hoshiyama and Hitoshi.

They rob a truck carrying money out of a business run by Aoki, a local yakuza boss who is in the middle of negotiating a territory deal with a triad gang led by Mr. Chen.

The mood is further soured when Ryūichi discovers that gang member Hitoshi has betrayed them and stolen a large part of the money from the heist.

During a celebration of the new partnership between Aoki's yakuza and Chen's triad, Ryūichi, Satake and Hoshiyama make their move and attack all those gathered.

Jojima delivers the bad news to Inoue's wife and child, who decide to leave Tokyo in fear of further violence.

[2] A review in Sight & Sound found that the film "demonstrates enough flair and grotesque wit to make for very enjoyable viewing", with an ending that "demolishes any vestiges of genre credibility".

[4] The Dead or Alive films are not connected in any apparent way except by director Takashi Miike and stars Riki Takeuchi and Show Aikawa.