Battle Royale

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Movie: Battle Royale
Romaji: Batoru Rowaiaru
Japanese: バトル・ロワイアル
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Writer: Koushun Takami (novel), Kenta Fukasaku
Producer: Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku, Kimio Kataoka, Chie Kobayashi, Toshio Nabeshima, Masumi Okada
Cinematographer Katsumi Yanagijima
Release Date: December 16, 2000 / November 20, 2010 (Battle Royale 3D)
Runtime: 114 Min.
Genre: Award Winning-Action / Death Game / Award Winning-Suspense-Thriller / Best Film-Movie of the Year
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of collapse. Unemployment is endemic and school violence is out of control. The beleaguered government retaliates with Battle Royale... Each year, a randomly chosen class is pitted against itself on an abandoned island in a cruel game of survival. The rules of the game are simple:

1) it lasts three days; 2) Each player starts with food, water and a "weapon"; 3) if more than one player survives, everyone dies (by detonating special electronic necklaces; 4) there is no escape.

As the game progresses, terror and panic challenge the students' fragile trust in each other. But despite the game's brutality, the adolescent players remain obsessed with their crushes, their petty grudges - and their dreams...

Notes

Related titles:
1. Battle Royale II (2003)
Toei released a 3-D version of the original 2000 film "Battle Royale" on November 20, 2010 in Japan. Kenta Fukasaku, the son of Kinji Fukasaku (the original director of "Battle Royale"), supervised the 2-D to 3-D conversion.

Cast



Takeshi Kitano	Tatsuya Fujiwara	Aki Maeda	Taro Yamamoto	Kou Shibasaki
Kitano	Shuya Nanahara (Boys #15)	Noriko Nakagawa (Girls #15)	Shogo Kawada (Boys #5)	Mitsuko Souma (Girls #11)



Chiaki Kuriyama	Masanobu Ando	Sousuke Takaoka	Takashi Tsukamoto
Takako Chigusa (Girls #13)	Kazuo Kiriyama (Boys #6)	Hiroki Sugimura (Boys #11)	Shinji Mimura (Boys #19)

Additional Cast Members:

Shin Kusaka - Yoshio Akamatsu - Boys #1
Ren Matsuzawa - Keita Iijima - Boys #2
Gouki Nishimura - Tatsumichi Oki - Boys #3
Shigehiro Yamaguchi - Toshinori Oda - Boys #4
Yukihiro Kotani - Yoshitoki Kuninobu - Boys #7
Osamu Ohnishi - Yoji Kuramoto - Boys #8
Yuuki Masuda - Hiroshi Kuronaga - Boys #9
Shiro Go - Ryuhei Sasagawa - Boys #10
Yutaka Shimada - Yutaka Seto - Boys #12
Junichi Naitou - Yuichiro Takiguchi - Boys #13
Shigeki Hirokawa - Shota Tsukioka - Boys #14
Hirohito Honda - Kazushi Niida - Boys #16
Yousuke Shibata - Mitsuru Numai - Boys #17
Satoshi Yokomichi - Tadakatsu Hatagami - Boys #18
Ryou Nitta - Kyouichi Motobuchi - Boys #20
Yasuomi Sano - Kazuhiko Yamamoto - Boys #21
Tsuyako Kinoshita - Mizuho Inada - Girls #1
Eri Ishikawa - Yukie Utsumi - Girls #2
Sayaka Ikeda - Megumi Eto - Girls #3
Tomomi Shimaki - Sakura Ogawa - Girls #4
Tamaki Mihara - Izumi Kanai - Girls #5
Yukari Kanasawa - Yukiko Kitano - Girls #6
Misao Kato - Yumiko Kusaka - Girls #7
Takayo Mimura - Kayoko Kotohiki - Girls #8
Hitomi Hyuga - Yuko Sakaki - Girls #9
Anna Nagata - Hirono Shimizu - Girls #10
Satomi Ishii - Haruka Tanizawa - Girls #12
Haruka Nomiyama - Mayumi Tendo - Girls #14
Satomi Hanamura - Yuka Nakagawa - Girls #16
Sayaka Kamiya - Satomi Noda - Girls #17
Aki Inoue - Fumiyo Fujiyoshi - Girls #18
Asami Kanai - Chisato Matsui - Girls #19
Mai Sekiguchi - Kaori Minami - Girls #20
Takako Baba - Yoshimi Yahagi - Girls #21
Ai Iwamura - Girl - won last BR
Ai Maeda - Shiori, Kitano's daughter (voice)
Minami - Keiko
Michi Yamamura - Reporter
Gou Ryugawa - Lieutenant Anjo
Takashi Taniguchi - Nanahara's father
Ken Nakaide - Mr. Hayashida - Home-room teacher of Class 3-B
Kanako Fukaura - Bus conductress (Basugaido)
Yuko Miyamura - Training Video Girl
Mikiya Sanada - Self-Defense Force officer
Ryoji Sugimoto - soldier

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Film Festivals

2011 (10th) New York Asian Film Festival / 2011 (5th) JAPAN CUTS - July 1-14, 2011 *New York Premiere
2011 (15th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 14-24, 2011 - Fears of 3D: Genre Masters *Asian Premiere
2011 (15th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 14-August 7, 2011 *Montreal Premiere
2011 (10th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 14-21, 2011
2011 (20th) Philadelphia Film Festival - October 20-November 3, 2011 - From the Vaults

Awards

2001 (24th) Japan Academy Prize - March 9, 2001
- "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing" (Hirohide Abe)
- "Rookie of the Year" (Tatsuya Fujiwara)
- "Rookie of the Year" (Aki Maeda)
- "Most Popular Film"
2000 (43rd) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 9, 2001
- "Best Picture"
- "Best Newcomer" (Tatsuya Fujiwara)

Comments

Hawraashi Sep 16 2022 12:44 pm I've watched this movie when I read the comments about how good it was, ppl keep comparing bt it and squid game, but tbh It's not as fascinated as squid game. No rules no deep meaning Just a thriller movie with no purpose!.

Ronaldo Nov 26 2017 9:39 am Takeshi kitano vs light yagami vs kou shibasaki vs cast of kill bill (chiaki kuriyama)

Amazing !!

sphinx Dec 08 2013 8:48 pm One of the best movies I've ever seen!!!

yumi Aug 28 2013 10:53 pm Not as good as the book, but captures most of the scenes well. Hauntingly memorable and pretty much a metaphor for the "real world" (or what I assume as the transition between between a child to an adult). The deeper message inside the movie is hard to catch, but I think most people would watch it more as a thriller than anything else.

Ki Jan 30 2011 8:04 am The premise of placing a class of high school age children on a island to kill each other off is shocking to say the least. After each of the students are given their instructions and one special weapon, it is pretty much 90 minutes of non-stop action, with at times a shocking amount of violence. With that stated, the film uses the metaphor of the Battle Royale to show the tendency of modern societies to extract these type of pressures upon children in everyday life. One of the more impressive qualities about the film is the way most of the character are given enough time to develop on the screen as individuals before they are killed off (there are 42 of them). The students all react in different ways, depending on their background and personalities. You can’t help to think about how you would react in that situation as well as how people you know would react. As the killing and mayhem continues you get a feel for who the likely survivor could be.

Nanahara Shuya, who refuses to take part in the killing, but vows to protect his girlfriend Noriko to the end, are both top candidates. Mitsuko, the vixen with the sickle, gives one of the best performances and has as good as a chance as any. Kawada, last year’s Battle Royale winner, has the experience and intelligence to survive to the end. Kiriyama, a plain nut case who joined this year’s Battle Royale for fun, probably won’t be the survivor but surely will be one of the last two or three. Trust seems to be the most important element in successfully playing Battle Royale. The ones that are able to trust (with discretion) are usually able to survive the longest, while most of the others are killed by confusion or paranoia over who they can trust. Takseshi Kitano was brilliant throughout the film as the captain/director of Battle Royale. I thought his character was representative of the older Japanese generation in general. Through two phone conversations that he had with his daughter Shiori, you realize he is the type of father that comes home way after his children are asleep and sometimes doesn’t come home at all. His affection for Noriko seems to show his inner despair at being a failure as a father to his daughter Shiori, but he never expresses such thoughts to her. The ending is surreal and I absolutely loved it. Battle Royale is ultra violent, but with enough wit, satire, and thought provoking ideas to make it one impressive film.

Richard Lim Jr Oct 27 2010 11:25 am Very shocked to read that this movie will be converted into a 3D flick. Do they need to milk more money from this movie? Some Classic shouldn't be touched. and btw Battle Royale 2 sucks big time.

jayokyo@hotmail.co.uk Jan 26 2010 10:31 am it is a very well thought out film and the books are even better

so i would addvise to also read the books xx

RazorbladeKiss Jan 20 2010 7:49 pm brilliant movie

magic carp Jun 14 2009 1:56 am I really like this movie

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