Battle Royale II (2003)

Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.

Directors:

Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Kenta Fukasaku, Norio Kida

Stars:

Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shûgo Oshinari

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Shuya Nanahara
Ai Maeda	...	Shiori Kitano (Transfer Student)
Shûgo Oshinari	...	Takuma Aoi
Ayana Sakai	...	Nao Asakura
Haruka Suenaga	...	Haruka Kuze
Yûma Ishigaki	...	Mitsugu Sakai
Miyuki Kanbe	...	Kyoko Kakei
Masaya Kikawada	...	Shintaro Makimura
Yôko Maki	...	Maki Souda
Yuki Ito	...	Ryo Kurosawa
Natsuki Katô	...	Saki Sakurai
Aki Maeda	...	Noriko Nakagawa
Riki Takeuchi	...	Riki Takeuchi (Sensei)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aja	...	Kazumi Fukuda
Munetaka Aoki	...	Jun Nanami

Storyline

Three years after the events in "Battle Royale," Shuya Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara)is a well-known terrorist bent on bringing down the government. In response, they order the creation of the "Battle Royale 2" program, and send a class of junior-high students to catch and kill him.

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | island | blood splatter | tragic event | teenager | 

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Taglines:

We declare war on all adults!

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site News, information, character diaries, trailers [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

5 July 2003 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Battle Royale II

Filming Locations:

Nishisinoki-gun, Nagasaki, Japan

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$714,697 (Japan) (4 July 2003)

Gross:

$404,862 (Hong Kong) (22 August 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fukasaku-gumi, GAGA, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Quentin Tarantino was offered a role but couldn't do it because of scheduling. He said, "They wanted me to play the President of the United States."

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Goofs

During the gunfight between the terrorists and the students, in the rundown building, a cable can be seen supporting Kurosawa.

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Quotes

Shuya Nanahara: We declare war on all adults!

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Crazy Credits

Towards the end of the credits a flag is shown, followed by black and white stills from the action sequences in the movie and then a black and white photo of the whole class that participated in the BR2 act, then another BW still of Nanahara and his comrades, and lastly a BW shot of director Kinji Fukasaku.

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Connections

References Wedlock (1991)

User Reviews

Battle Royale 1 was quite violent and controversial, but the sequel sure ups the ante on both accounts.

Definitely was an interesting movie experience.

Battle Royale 1 was quite violent and controversial, but the sequel sure ups the ante on both accounts. Also,whatever comedy BR1 occasionally had, is nowhere to be seen here.

It's also very easy to see why this movie is, mildly put, disliked in the US... it definitely points several middle fingers in their general direction. While a lot of it might be there just for provocation, there are moments where the semi-philosophical parts actually hit home quite well. Besides being a continuation to BR1, it is actually a movie about freedom... how well it succeeds in that, depends pretty much on the viewer.

I guess my own favourite quote would be : "Blowing a couple of guys away won't change a thing in this country... But I don't know any other way. " ... which is more or less a definition of terrorism these days.