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Death Billiards(2013)
Status: Released
Date: 2013-03-01
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Time: 0h 25m
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.
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.
Languages: Japanese.
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Japan
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Movie: Death Billiards
Top 4 Billed Cast
中村悠一
Otoko (Voice)
前野智昭
Decim (voice)
瀬戸麻沙美
Kurokami no Onna (voice)
筈見純
Roujin (voice)
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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.
Release Date
2013-03-01
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7.3
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
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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