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Battle Royale
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Battle Royale is a 2000 Japanese action, thriller, and drama film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The screenplay was written by Kenta Fukasaku and Koushun Takami, who also served as producer. The cast includes Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, and Masanobu Andō. Based on the work by Koushun Takami, the film was produced by WOWOW and distributed by Toei Company and Netflix. It features music by Masamichi Amano and cinematography by Katsumi Yanagishima.
The film has a runtime of 113 minutes according to TMDb and 114 minutes according to IMDb. It was released on December 16, 2000. The production had a budget of 4,500,000 and generated revenue of 30,600,000. Review scores include 7.5/10, 90%, and 81/100. The film is followed by Battle Royale II: Requiem.
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7.3In 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.
Cast
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)
- Aki Maeda as Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
- Takeshi Kitano as Kitano
- Taro Yamamoto as Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)
- Masanobu Ando as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
- Ko Shibasaki as Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)
Themes
- high school
- friendship
- suicide
- island
- japan
- based on novel or book
- asia
- dystopia
- gore
- survival
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Encyclopedic overview
Directed byKinji Fukasaku Screenplay byKenta Fukasaku Based onBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Produced by Masao Sato
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