Ballads

Ballads

1993•1h 0m•5.0/10

DramaHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(1)

The story of a young man who tragically lost his lover in a horriffic motorcycle accident. Now working at a video store and selling uncensored gay hardcore pornography under the counter, he one day discovers the worlds most bizarre snuff video... which happens to "star" a man who looks exactly like his dead lover. Pushed over the edge by this event, the protagonist goes on a violent rampage, attempting to murder everybody involved in the video's creation.

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Production

ENK Promotion

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Zeeko Uchiyama

Male A

Naoyuki Tomomatsu

Naoyuki Tomomatsu

Matsuda

Hideki Oka

Yamamoto

Miyuki Hira

Yoko

Tomoaki Hamada

Male C

Hideo Hayashi

Male B

Hiroaki Matsukura

Boy A

Alice Sailor

Live house guest

Emi Eguchi

Announcer

Kôji Ômae

Video shop customer

Nureteru Ôbayashi

Boy C

Tatteru Ôbayashi

Boy B

Shirô Misawa

Hiroshi

Dan Takebashi

Sagawa

Kenji Yokoyama

Gun shop clerk

Tsuyoshi Kazuno

Doctor

Kamigamo

Subordinate

Hisao Hoshino

Policeman

Satoshi Imai

Forensic A

Kanako Nakatake

Female

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