Bullet Ballet

Bullet Ballet (バレット・バレエ) is a 1998 Japanese film directed by and starring Shinya Tsukamoto, and co-starring Hisashi Igawa, Sujin Kim, Kirina Mano, Takahiro Murase, Tatsuya Nakamura and Kyōka 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.

For the film genre, see Gun fu.
Bullet Ballet
Film poster for Bullet Ballet
Directed byShinya Tsukamoto
Produced byShinya Tsukamoto[1]
Screenplay byShinya Tsukamoto[1]
Starring
Music byChu Ishikawa[1]
CinematographyShinya Tsukamoto[1]
Edited byShinya Tsukamoto[1]
Production
companies
Kaijyu Theater[1]
Distributed byThere's Enterprise
Release date
Running time
87 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

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]

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See also

References
  1. Mes 2005, p. 213.
  2. Mes 2005, p. 140.
  3. Mes 2005, p. 145.
  4. 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.
  5. Rooney, David (October 12, 1998). "Review: 'Bullet Ballet'". Variety. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  6. "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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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