Is Death Billiards scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death Billiards sad?

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Death Billiards end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death Billiards easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death Billiards violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Death Billiards

Name: Death Billiards
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2013
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Yuichi Nakamura, Tomoaki Maeno, Asami Seto, Jun Hazumi

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

Produced by Madhouse

201325 min7.3 / 10

A tense, psychologically complex meditation on mortality and judgment wrapped in the surreal framework of a high-stakes billiards game between two strangers in a mysterious bar.

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.

Clusters

Paranoid Reality Breakdown Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Reality Turning Into Horror Grief Turns Into Fear Mental Illness And Psychosis

Genres

Animation Drama Mystery

Keywords

Anime Young Animator Training Project Original Video Animation (ova)Psychological

Questions people ask

Is Death Billiards scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is Death Billiards sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Does Death Billiards end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Death Billiards easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Death Billiards violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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