Japan Synopsis
デス・ビリヤード
“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.”
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Death Billiards. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Madhouse
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Death Billiards itself).
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
Death Billiards holds position #181 of 530 Japan films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Death Billiards premiered alongside 177 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.
The 2738th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
93 audience reviews — more than 75% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (75th percentile) outruns trending popularity (42th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,575 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,160 of 2,532 (top 46%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Madhouse |
| Runtime | 25m |
| Release Date | March 1, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2807626 |
| Official Site | www.vap.co.jp |