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Battle Royale (2000)

Original title: バトル・ロワイアル

NR · 2000-12-16 · 2h 2m · JA
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Could you kill your best friend?

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

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Kinji FukasakuDirector
Budget
$4.5M
Box office
$30.6M

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Tatsuya FujiwaraTatsuya FujiwaraShuya Nanahara (Boy #15)Aki MaedaAki MaedaNoriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)Taro YamamotoTaro YamamotoShogo Kawada (Boy #5)Chiaki KuriyamaChiaki KuriyamaTakako Chigusa (Girl #13)Ko ShibasakiKo ShibasakiMitsuko Souma (Girl #11)Masanobu AndoMasanobu AndoKazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)Takeshi KitanoTakeshi KitanoKitanoTakashi TsukamotoTakashi TsukamotoShinji Mimura (Boy #19)Sousuke TakaokaSousuke TakaokaHiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)Yukihiro KotaniYukihiro KotaniYôshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7)Eri IshikawaEri IshikawaYukie Utsumi (Girl #2)Sayaka KamiyaSayaka KamiyaSatomi Noda (Girl #17)

Keywords

Based on novel or bookDystopiaMurderGoreDeathFriendshipBattleSoldierIslandTragedySuicideSurvivalJapanHigh schoolSchool classGame of deathExtreme violenceTelevisionSurvivorJapaneseAsiaDeath matchSuspenseDeath gameStudentsPsychologicalAdapted from a novelScience fictionJapanese film

Movie DNA

Genre affinityAction · Thriller · DramaTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Dystopia · MurderMood preferencePsychologicalDialogue densityDramaPacingActionDirector preference210105

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What is Battle Royale about?

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

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Battle Royale has a runtime of 122 minutes.

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