and his work shows great improvement over Versus." Home media Alive was released on DVD by Tokyo Shock in the United States and Canada on October 26, 2004. This release included the theatrical cut and director's cut, running 118 minutes. The special features included an English dub for the director's cut, a Making of featurette, Cast interviews, original trailers and promos, and an audio commentary by associate producer Keishiro Shin, director Ryuhei Kitamura, cast members Hideo Sakaki, and Tak Sakaguchi, and the author of the original manga, Tsutomu Takahashi. Kitamura noted that the director's cut lingers on the "psychological aspect" of the film, stating, "I wanted to hurt the audience too, but I held back in the theatrical release." Notes References Sources External links 2000s Japanese-language films 2002 films Live-action films based on manga Films directed by Ryuhei Kitamura Films shot in Tokyo 2002 science fiction action films Japanese science fiction action films 2000s Japanese films