Bullet Ballet
| Bullet Ballet | |
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 Film poster for Bullet Ballet | |
| Directed by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Produced by | Shinya Tsukamoto[1] |
| Screenplay by | Shinya Tsukamoto[1] |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Chu Ishikawa[1] |
| Cinematography | Shinya Tsukamoto[1] |
| Edited by | Shinya Tsukamoto[1] |
Production companies |
Kaijyu Theater[1] |
| Distributed by | There's Enterprise |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Bullet Ballet (バレット・バレエ) is a Japanese film directed by and starring Shinya Tsukamoto, and co-starring Hisashi Igawa, Sujin Kim, Kirina Mano, Takahiro Murase, Tatsuya Nakamura and Kyoka Suzuki. After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man (Shinya Tsukamoto) becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.
Cast
- Shinya Tsukamoto as Goda
- Kirina Mano as Chisato
- Tatsuya Nakamura as Idei
- Takahiro Murase as Goto
- Kyoka Suzuki as Kiriko
- Hisashi Igawa as Kudo
Release
Bullet Ballet was first shown at the 55th Venice International Film Festival in September 1998.[2] After the première, Tsukamoto decided to re-edit Bullet Ballet.[3] After the Venice premiere, the Japanese company There's Enterprise offered to distribute the film in Japan.[3] As Tsukamoto was busy with other festivals and developing his new film Gemini, he had to wait until Gemini was complete before finishing re-editing Bullet Ballet for the Japanese release.[3] It was released in Japan on March 11, 2000.[3][1]
The film was shown at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival which showcased Japan as their country of focus in the festival's National Cinema program.[4] The show was titled New Beat of Japan, which included Ping Pong Hot Springs, After Life, Beautiful Sunday, Happy Go Lucky and Cure.[4]
Reception
Variety gave the film a negative review, stating that "some may respond to the new thriller’s brooding B&W visuals and its spasmodic bursts of hammering violence, most followers of the director will see it merely as more of the same."[5] Time Out gave the film a negative review, describing the film as "aggro art, intense, gut-felt - but also, like all Tsukamoto's work, numbingly over-stretched."[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mes 2005, p. 213.
- ↑ Mes 2005, p. 140.
- 1 2 3 4 Mes 2005, p. 145.
- 1 2 Howell, Peter (July 8, 1998). "23rd film festival more contemporary". Toronto Star. Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. ISSN 0319-0781.
- ↑ Rooney, David (October 12, 1998). "Review: 'Bullet Ballet'". Variety. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Bullet Ballet". Time Out. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- Sources
- Mes, Tom (2005). Iron Man. The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto. Fab Press. ISBN 1 903254 35 3.