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:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: December 16, 2000 / November 20, 2010 (Battle Royale 3D)
- Runtime: 114 Min.
- 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. Takeshi Kitano plays a downtrodden teacher turned Battle Royale operation leader. 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:
- Battle Royale II (2003)
- Toei will re-release 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"), will supervise the 2-D to 3-D conversion.
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano - Kitano (as Beat Takeshi)
- Shin Kusaka - Yoshio Akamatsu - Boys #1
- Ren Matsuzawa - Keita Iijima - Boys #2
- Gouki Nishimura - Tatsumichi Oki - Boys #3
- Shigehiro Yamaguchi - Toshinori Oda - Boys #4
- Taro Yamamoto - Shogo Kawada - Boys #5
- Masanobu Ando - Kazuo Kiriyama - Boys #6
- Yukihiro Kotani - Yoshitoki Kuninobu - Boys #7
- Osamu Ohnishi - Yoji Kuramoto - Boys #8
- Yuuki Masuda - Hiroshi Kuronaga - Boys #9
- Shirou Gou - Ryuhei Sasagawa - Boys #10
- Sousuke Takaoka - Hiroki Sugimura - Boys #11
- Yutaka Shimada - Yutaka Seto - Boys #12
- Junichi Naitou - Yuichiro Takiguchi - Boys #13
- Shigeki Hirokawa - Shota Tsukioka - Boys #14
- Tatsuya Fujiwara - Shuya Nanahara - Boys #15
- Hirohito Honda - Kazushi Niida - Boys #16
- Yousuke Shibata - Mitsuru Numai - Boys #17
- Satoshi Yokomichi - Tadakatsu Hatagami - Boys #18
- Takashi Tsukamoto - Shinji Mimura - Boys #19
- 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
- Kou Shibasaki - Mitsuko Souma - Girls #11
- Satomi Ishii - Haruka Tanizawa - Girls #12
- Chiaki Kuriyama - Takako Chigusa - Girls #13
- Haruka Nomiyama - Mayumi Tendo - Girls #14
- Aki Maeda - Noriko Nakagawa - Girls #15
- 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
- Michiko 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
Trailer (Battle Royale 3D)
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jayokyo@hotmail.co.uk Says:
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 Says:
Jan 20 2010 7:49 pm
brilliant movie
magic carp Says:
Jun 14 2009 1:56 am
I really like this movie