Hisashi Igawa, Kirina Mano, Kyoka Suzuki
A man sees his life changed for ever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a weapon of destruction and he finds himself caught in a violent group of young vici...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005
Stats: 47 reviews
Bullet Ballet is a strange film, full of images of gun fetishism and brutal violence. One montage cleverly shows a gun repeatedly being fired intercut with scenes of men at war. It's an interesting statement about man and his ongoing relationship with violence and destruction. Al...( read more)
hmm not bad..just no big deal..i guess if you dont own a gun maybeit has more meaning..anyhow..nice little story..does have a cute actress in it though
Super Post war Japanese nihilism at its finest.
Short and sweet (Put a Harry Potter author in here).
Fantastic visuals, alludes to other works but is very much its own who gives a fuck seizure inducing beauty.
Strange, very disjointed Japanese gang movie. The cinematography is interesting though.
Tsukamoto's anarchist movie of a delusional man obsessed with attaining a gun.
Tsukamoto really is a hit or miss for me...this felt very uninspired in my opinion. Tsukamoto can be GENIOUS but he can also disappoint...when you watch movies like snake of june, gemini, haze, and even vital (which was underrated in my opinion) and then you see this, it is miss...( read more)
Senseless and meandering. It's kinda cool, but it's pretty dull at the same time - especially if you've already been exposed to a lot of this type of thing. This director seems to be very hit or miss, but he easily belongs right up there with the best from Japan
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