Dead End Run is a 2003 film directed by Japanese cult film director Gakuryū Ishii, notable for Ishii's trademark flashy visual style.

Plot

The first episode begins with an extended scene showing a man desperately running through an urban landscape, before coming to a dead end in a dark backstreet ally. When he hears approaching footsteps, he attacks his presumed pursuer with a metal bar. He is shocked to find that he has instead killed a young woman.