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Death Billiards

Death Billiards

An old and a young man find themselves in a mysterious bar where they have to play a game of billiard. The bet: their lives.

20137.30h 25m

Overview

Death Billiards is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480,000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011, the animation labor group received 214.5 million yen (US$2.65 million) from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios who train young animators on-the-job. An old and a young man find themselves in a mysterious bar where they have to play a game of billiard. The bet: their lives.

Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa
Written by Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Top Cast

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Otoko (Voice)

Tomoaki Maeno

Tomoaki Maeno

Decim (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Kurokami no Onna (voice)

Jun Hazumi

Jun Hazumi

Roujin (voice)

Themes & Keywords

animeyoung animator training projectpsychological

About Death Billiards

Death Billiards is a animation, drama, mystery film released in 2013 exploring themes of anime, young animator training project, psychological. Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, it stars Yuichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Maeno, Asami Seto. Death Billiards is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480,000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011, the animation labor group received 214.5 million yen (US$2.65 million) from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios who train young animators on-the-job. An old and a young man find themselves in a mysterious bar where they have to play a game of billiard. The bet: their lives.

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