Alive is a 2002 Japanese action/horror film and the fourth film by cult director Ryuhei Kitamura. It is based on the manga ALIVE (published in 1999) by Tsutomu Takahashi and stars Hideo Sakaki as the protagonist, Tenshu.

Hideo Sakaki, who portrayed the villain in Kitamura's previous film, Versus, now plays the hero in this film. Likewise Tak Sakaguchi who was the hero in Versus returns in this film as the villain. This film, which is broken into titled chapters, titles the scene in which the two characters battle as VERSUS.

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