Go watch this now:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6983938994236570211&q=Dead+or+Alive+duration%3Along&hl=enDead or Alive (not the Miike one). I'm three minutes in and my reaction is mixed between utter joy and utter hatred.
Suffice to say, it's worse than Ultraviolet.
Update!
Finished watching this movie and I can assure you that it's top quality 100% best movie ever. Even comes with a bamboo thicket fight scene.