Bullet Ballet
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Film Poster
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Country
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Japan
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Directed by
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Shinya Tsukamoto
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Release Date
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1998
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Language
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Japanese
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Studio
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Kaijyu Theater
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Distributor
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There's Enterprise
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Bullet Ballet is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. The film is stylized with an amateur style (trembling camera, low definition, black and white filming).
The following weapons were used in the film Bullet Ballet:
Revolvers
Smith & Wesson Model 36
Kiriko (Kyôka Suzuki) and later, Goda (Shin'ya Tsukamoto) is seen armed with the Smith & Wesson Model 36. The revolver is also briefly used by Goto (Takahiro Murase) and Idei (Tatsuya Nakamura).
Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot. First pattern with flat latch cylinder release.
Kiriko aims her revolver.
She gives the gun to Goda.
Goda pretending to shoot himself.
Idei (Tatsuya Nakamura) gives his gang the S&W and orders them to shoot someone.
Smith & Wesson Model 37
Goda's girlfriend uses a Smith & Wesson Model 37 to kill herself.
Smith and Wesson Model 37 Airweight, right side - .38 Special
A picture of the revolver.
The revolver as it appears in a flashback.
Single Action Army (Airsoft)
Numerous airsoft Single Action Army revolvers can be seen at the gun shop.
Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model.
Hand-made Revolver
Goda unsuccessfully uses a Hand-made Revolver to shoot Idei (Tatsuya Nakamura).
Another angle of the same scene.
Pistols
Walther P38 (squirt gun)
Goda is tricked into buying a fake Walther P38.
Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm
M1911A1
Kudo (Hisashi Igawa) uses an M1911A1. Another (airsoft) M1911A1 can be seen at the gun shop.
Rock Island Armory M1911A1 Pistol that was
bright nickel plated by the owner (with Pearl grips) - .45 ACP.
...while beeng held at gunpoint by Goda.
The airsoft 1911 is seen in the center of the frame.
Taurus PT99
Two airsoft Taurus PT99 pistols can be seen at the gun shop.
Two pistols are seen near the SAA.
Tokarev TT-33
The Tokarev TT-33 can be seen in a promotional image, but not in the complete film.
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.
Trivia
Numerous weapons can be seen during the archive footage.
The ship's cannons are fired.
The naval ship's cannons. The ship is either a cruiser or a destroyer.
This footage shows the twin turrets, which likely identifies it as a Colorado-class, armed with 8 16-inch guns.
A warship in the background on the left appears similar to Japanese battleships with very high superstructures(in the US Navy, this detail of Japanese battleships was nicknamed the "pagoda"). This is possibly a photo of the Battle of Surigao Strait of 25 October 1944 when Japanese battleship Yamashiro was sunk by six 14- and 16-inch US battleships, as described above.
The field cannon is reloaded.
A French 75mm Mle 1897 field gun. The uniform of the gunner isn't French however, as he wears a typical British helmet.
Multiple Soviet "Katyusha" rocket artillery launchers.
[[Image:Bullet Ballet footage 4.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The launchers are fired.]
[[Image:Bullet Ballet footage 7.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A group of (possibly Communist Chinese) soldiers with the Degtyaryov DP-28...]]
A US destroyer, armed with 5-inch main guns and twin
40mm Bofors.
Soldiers with rifles. The helmets appear to be British designs.
Soldiers with rifles walk in the background.
Book
Two fireams can be seen in a book.