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Bullet Ballet

1998 · 87 min

A grim, hypnotic plunge into urban alienation and self-destruction, shot in stark black and white with an unrelenting sense of dread.

Overview
After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • violence
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, crime
Directed by
Shinya Tsukamoto
Written by
Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring
Shinya Tsukamoto, Kirina Mano, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takahiro Murase, Kyoka Suzuki, Hisashi Igawa, Tomorowo Taguchi, Kim Soo-jin
Music
Chu Ishikawa
Cinematography
Shinya Tsukamoto
Runtime
87 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English

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