Bullet Ballet (1998)

A man sees his life changed forever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a weapon of destruction and he finds himself caught in the middle of a ... See full summary »

Director:

Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Writer:

Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Stars:

Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Kirina Mano, Tatsuya Nakamura

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shin'ya Tsukamoto	...	Goda
Kirina Mano	...	Chisato
Tatsuya Nakamura	...	Idei
Takahiro Murase	...	Goto
Kyôka Suzuki	...	Kiriko
Hisashi Igawa	...	Kudo
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katijah Badami
Gabriela Bravo
Rachele Fanedman
Eshragh Farshao
Tomisaburô Horikoshi
Teruhisa Irie
Chu Ishikawa
Kazuyuki Izutsu
Shin'ichi Kawahara

Storyline

A man sees his life changed forever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a weapon of destruction and he finds himself caught in the middle of a violent group of young vicious punks. They first beat him severely and then he seeks revenge with his fist, then with a gun. Everything from then on is a complete downward spiral.

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Plot Keywords:

nihilism | police | downward spiral | punk | gun | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Half Past Midnight (2015)

User Reviews

Dirty, dynamic and disturbingly dark

After the amusing opening credits, playing with the title's two words, this takes an immediate dark and dangerous turn and doesn't stop till the end. The lovely Kirina Mano shines like some angelic figure amidst the grime, the violence and the mayhem. But even she has a very mean streak and it is clear that these are not the colourful, welcoming streets of Tokyo we love, these are the back alleys teeming with bored punk kids desperate to emulate or at least impress the raging yakuza. Shot in stark b/w, there is confusion as to quite what is going on at times but there is such a drive and confidence to the filming that there is no doubting that the director knows where the ride lead even if even some of the participants are unsure. Dirty, dynamic and disturbingly dark drama set in the underbelly of the backstreets of Shibuya(?) in the 1990s

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

18 December 1999 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

BULLET BALLET バレット・バレエ

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kaijyu Theater

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1