Death Billiards
2013 • MADHOUSE
- Format
- MOVIE
- Aired
- 2013
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- MADHOUSE
- Genres
- Drama · Mystery · Psychological · Thriller
Two men have just arrived at a location known as Quindecim and are unable to remember how they got there. They are immediately greeted by a young woman who escorts them to a small bar, where a bartender awaits them. They are told that they will have to participate in a game, randomly chosen by roulette, and will be unable to leave until its completion; if they refuse, the consequences will be dire. In addition to the rules of the game, the two men are told to play as if their lives are at stake.
The game that has been chosen is billiards. But there's more to it than just pocketing pool balls, as the two are about to find out the outcome could mean life or death.
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.
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Death Billiards was produced by Studio Madhouse as the inaugural entry in the 2013 Young Animator Training Project, an initiative sponsored by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs to foster the growth of emerging animation talent. Conceived and directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, the film was designed as a high-concept psychological thriller meant to showcase technical proficiency and narrative depth within a tight production framework.
The story centers on two men engaged in a high-stakes game of billiards that determines their ultimate fate, a premise that effectively explores themes of morality and human desperation. Tachikawa intended for the stark, claustrophobic setting to heighten the tension between the characters, and the film was so well-received by audiences and critics for its dark ingenuity that it served as the direct creative foundation for the expanded 2015 television series, Death Parade.
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