Bullet Ballet (Japan, 1998)

A man sees his life changed for ever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a gun and he finds himself caught in a violent group of young vicious punks. They first beat him severely and then he seeks revenge with his fist, then with a gun.

Another Shinya Tsukamoto film, which pretty much follows the same pattern as many of his other movies; black & white and shot with a hand-held camera, thus adding an effective sense of realism. Raw as hell.

Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller