Battle Royale (2000)

Batoru rowaiaru (original title)

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1h 54min
Action, Adventure
16 Dec 2000 (Japan)
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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.

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku

Stars:

Awards:

7 wins & 9 nominations.
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	Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Shuya Nanahara - otoko 15-ban
	Aki Maeda	...	Noriko Nakagawa - onna 15-ban
	Tarô Yamamoto	...	Shôgo Kawada - otoko 5-ban
	Takeshi Kitano	...	Kitano-sensei (as Bito Takeshi)
	Chiaki Kuriyama	...	Takako Chigusa - onna 13-ban
	Sôsuke Takaoka	...	Hiroki Sugimura - otoko 11-ban
	Takashi Tsukamoto	...	Shinji Mimura - otoko 19-ban
	Yukihiro Kotani	...	Yôshitoki Kuninobu - otoko 7-ban
	Eri Ishikawa	...	Yukie Utsumi - onna 2-ban
	Sayaka Kamiya	...	Satomi Noda - onna 17-ban
	Takayo Mimura	...	Kayoko Kotôhiki - onna 8-ban
	Yutaka Shimada	...	Yûtaka Seto - otoko 12-ban
	Aki Unone	...	Fumiyo Fujiyôshi - onna 18-ban (as Aki Inoue)
	Ren Matsuzawa	...	Keita Îjima - otoko 2-ban
	Hirohito Honda	...	Kazushi Nîda - otoko 16-ban
	Ryou Nitta	...	Kyôichi Motobuchi - otoko 20-ban
	Sayaka Ikeda	...	Megumi Etô - onna 3-ban
	Anna Nagata	...	Hirono Shimizu - onna 10-ban
	Yukari Kanasawa	...	Yûkiko Kitano - onna 6-ban
	Misao Kato	...	Yumiko Kusaka - onna 7-ban
	Hitomi Hyuga	...	Yûko Sakaki - onna 9-ban
	Satomi Ishii	...	Haruka Tanizawa - onna 12-ban
	Asami Kanai	...	Chisato Matsui - onna 19-ban
	Satomi Hanamura	...	Yûka Nakagawa - onna 16-ban
	Yousuke Shibata	...	Mitsuru Numai - otoko 17-ban
	Shirô Gô	...	Ryûhei Sasagawa - otoko 10-ban
	Yuuki Masuda	...	Hiroshi Kuronaga - otoko 9-ban
	Shigeki Hirokawa	...	Shô Tsukioka - otoko 14-ban
	Tamaki Mihara	...	Izumi Kanai - onna 5-ban
	Tomomi Shimaki	...	Sakura Ogawa - onna 4-ban
	Yasuomi Sano	...	Kazuhiko Yamamoto - otoko 21-ban
	Shin Kusaka	...	Yoshio Akamatsu - otoko 1-ban
	Gouki Nishimura	...	Tatsumichi Ôki - otoko 3-ban
	Shigehiro Yamaguchi	...	Toshimori Oda - otoko 4-ban
	Osamu Ohnishi	...	Yôji Kuramoto - otoko 8-ban
	Satoshi Yokomichi	...	Tadakatsu Hatagami - otoko 18-ban
	Junichi Naitou	...	Yûichiro Takiguchi - otoko 13-ban
	Tsuyako Kinoshita	...	Mizuho Inada - onna 1-ban
	Mai Sekiguchi	...	Kaori Minami - onna 20-ban
	Takako Baba	...	Yoshimi Yahagi - onna 21-ban
	Haruka Nomiyama	...	Mayumi Tendô - onna 14-ban
	Ai Iwamura	...	Onna no hito - won last Battle Royale
	Ai Maeda	...	Shiori - Kitano no aijô (voice)
	Minami	...	Keiko
	Michi Yamamura	...	Reporter (as Michiko Yamamura)
	Suzuka Tonegawa	...	Young Mitsuko (in Special Version)
	Tarô Suwa	...	Middle-aged man (in Special Version)
	Reiko Kataoka	...	Mitsuko no okâsan (in Special Version)
	Takeyuki Hirai	...	Soldier
	Tomu Asakawa	...	Soldier
	Yûya Nakahara	...	Soldier
	Takashi Komori	...	Soldier
	Ryôta Nakamura	...	Soldier
	Akihiro Ugajin	...	Soldier
	Yôichi Murakami	...	Soldier
	Tsuguharu Niizaki	...	Soldier
	Jun'ichi Nashiki	...	Soldier
	Hiroshi Kitagawa	...	Soldier
	Hideaki Kawashima	...	Soldier
	Umiji Tasaki	...	Soldier
	Mitsuaki Tachikawa	...	Soldier
	Hidetsugu Okumura	...	Soldier
	Daisuke Yazawa	...	Soldier
	Nobuki Baba	...	Soldier
	Naoki Iwasawa	...	Soldier
	Kôji Tokuhisa	...	Soldier
	Mikiya Sanada	...	Soldier
	Kazuhiro Yokokura	...	Soldier
	Shigeki Homma	...	Soldier
	Kazuo Araki	...	Soldier
	Gôshi Matsuhara	...	Soldier
	Akira Yoshizawa	...	Soldier
	Kenzo Shirahama	...	Soldier
	Kanji Okumura	...	Soldier
	Shôji Takano	...	Soldier
	Ryôji Sugimoto	...	Soldier
	Hajime Yoneda	...	Soldier
	Hideaki Kojima	...	Soldier
	Nanami Ohta	...	Mitsuko no tomodachi (in Special Version)
	Ayana Noguchi	...	Mitsuko no tomodachi (in Special Version)
	Tetsu Masuda	...	Kurasu 3A no sensei (in Special Version)
	Kazutoshi Yokoyama	...	Basketball referee (in Special Version)
	Kotaru Kamijou	...	Jô Kitô, Basketball player of Class 3-A (in Special Version)
	Hirobumi Seki	...	Kôsuke Okiyama, Basketball player of Class 3-A (in Special Version)
	Kiyoyuki Matsumoto	...	Shinichirô Tanaka, Basketball player of Class 3-A (in Special Version)
	Gou Ryugawa	...	Lieutenant Anjo
	Takashi Taniguchi	...	Nanahara no otôsan
	Ken Nakaide	...	Hayashida-san - Kurasu 3B no sensei
	Kanako Fukaura	...	Basugaido
	Yûko Miyamura	...	Training Video Girl
	Ko Shibasaki	...	Mitsuko Sôma - onna 11-ban (as Kô Shibasaki)
	Masanobu Andô	...	Kazuo Kiriyama - otoko 6-ban
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Doug Erholtz	...	Hayashida (uncredited) (voice)
	Erin Fitzgerald	...	Yukie Utsumi / Yumiko Kusaka (uncredited) (voice)
	Stephanie Komure	...	Mitsuko Souma / Megumi Eto / Training Video Girl / Kayoko Kotohiki (uncredited) (voice)
	Stephanie Sheh	...	Takako Chigusa (uncredited) (voice)
	John Snyder	...	Kitano (uncredited) (voice)
	Spike Spencer	...	Yoshitoki Kuninobu (uncredited) (voice)
	Kaiji Tang	...	Shogo Kawada (uncredited) (voice)
	Julie Ann Taylor	...	Reporter (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Kinji Fukasaku

Written by

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Koushun Takami	...	(novel)

Kenta Fukasaku	...	(screenplay)

Produced by

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Kenta Fukasaku	...	producer
Kinji Fukasaku	...	producer
Kimio Kataoka	...	producer
Chie Kobayashi	...	producer
Toshio Nabeshima	...	producer
Masumi Okada	...	producer

Music by

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Masamichi Amano

Cinematography by

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Katsumi Yanagijima

Film Editing by

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Hirohide Abe

Editorial Department

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Yûki Izumi	...	technical coordinator: post-production, Battle Royale 3-D
Soichi Satake	...	3D colorist: Battle Royale 3-D

Production Design by

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Kyôko Heya

Set Decoration by

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Kôichi Hirai

Makeup Department

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Rena Grady

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makeup artist

Production Management

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Motoki Ishida

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production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kenta Fukasaku

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second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Yasushi Nakayama	...	designer: main title logo
Motomu Takaba	...	designer: BR logomark

Sound Department

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Kunio Ando	...	sound
Mizuki Ito	...	foley artist / sound effects editor
Akihiko Okase	...	foley artist
Kenji Shibasaki	...	sound effects

Special Effects by

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Kikuo Nôtomi

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armourer / pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by

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Yoshiaki Nakaichi

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digital effects artist

Stunts

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Ai Iwamura

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stunt double (uncredited)

Music Department

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Masamichi Amano	...	conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra	...	music performed by

Additional Crew

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Makoto Ashikawa	...	stand-in
Yûko Lee	...	production committee: AM Associates
Haruhi Nanao	...	voice trainer (as Haruhi Terada)

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Toei Company (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2001) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
Tartan Films (2001) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
SND Films (2001) (France) (theatrical)
Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Líder Films (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Manga Films (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
Future Film (2002) (Finland) (theatrical)
TransEuropa Films (2002) (Chile) (theatrical)
Bir Film (2003) (Turkey) (theatrical)
Anchor Bay Films (2011) (United States) (theatrical) (3-D version) (subtitled)
Toei Company (2010) (Japan) (theatrical) (3-D version)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (Canada) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (Canada) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (United States) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Arrow Films (2010) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Asian Cult Cinema (video)
Astro Distribution (2004) (Germany) (DVD) (uncut version)
Atlantic Film Norge (2012) (Norway) (DVD)
Capelight Pictures (2011) (Austria) (DVD) (classic and 3-D version)
Future Film (2003) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (tv)
Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
Scanbox Norge (2003) (Norway) (DVD)
Starmax (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Tartan Video (United Kingdom) (DVD)
Toei Video Company (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (VHS)
Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (2001) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
Visual Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
World Wide Cinema (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)

Special Effects

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Malin Post (visual effects)
Nippon Eizo Creative (visual effects)
Toei Labo Tech (visual effects)

Other Companies

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Geiyu (stand-ins)
Gekidan Himawari (stand-ins)
Toei Academy (stand-ins)
Tohai (stand-ins)
Carrot (stand-ins)
Wakakusa (stand-ins)
NAC (stand-ins)
Aoi Studio (post-production sound services)
Arquebuse (sound effects)
BA-TSU (school uniform design)
Continental Far East (Dolby consultant)
Kodak Japan (film stock supplied by)
Malin Post (title design)
NAC Image Technology (camera equipment supplied by)
Nihon Shomei Co. (lighting equipment supplied by)
Toei Labo Tech (film processing)
Visual Icon (exclusive clip and still licensing)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred game to the death, until one survives -- or they all die. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwindle is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive? Written by Prissy Panda Princess Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	japanese-schoolgirl military-dictatorship 3-dimensional japanese-high-school-girl schoolgirl See All (438) »
Taglines	Their Game, No Rules, No Prisoners See more »
Genres	Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi Thriller
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:18 Australia:R Belgium:KNT/ENA Brazil:18 Canada:R Canada:18A (Alberta) Canada:18A (Ontario) Canada:18+ (Quebec) Canada:14A (Manitoba) China:17 China:(Banned) Colombia:18 Finland:K-18 France:16 Germany:18 Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) Hong Kong:III Iceland:16 Iceland:18 India:18 Indonesia:21+ Ireland:18 Italy:VM18 Japan:R15+ Malaysia:(Banned) Mexico:B Netherlands:16 New Zealand:R18 Nigeria:18 Norway:18 Peru:18 Poland:18 Portugal:M/18 Russia:18+ Saudi Arabia:R18 Singapore:R(A) Singapore:(Banned) Singapore:R21 South Korea:18 South Korea:19 Spain:18 (ICAA) Sweden:15 Taiwan:R-18 United Kingdom:18 United States:Not Rated United States:TV-PG (DVD rating) United States:TV-14 (TV rating) United States:TV-MA (video rating)

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Battle Royale: Special Version (Japan, English title) Batoru rowaiaru 3D (Japan) バトル・ロワイアル特別篇 (Japan, Japanese title) バトル・ロワイアル (Japan, Japanese title) Batoru Rowaiaru (India, English title) See more »
Runtime	114 min
Official Sites	Official site
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.78 : 1 (Blu-ray & DVD) See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan See more »

Box Office

Budget	$4,500,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Japan	JPY67,566,100, 21 Dec 2000

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Many members of the Japanese Parliament tried to get the novel banned, but to no avail. When the film was released, they attempted to ban it also. Both efforts resulted in the novel and film becoming even more successful as people bought the book and went to the movie to see what the fuss was all about. See more »
Goofs	(at around 12 mins) When Kitano throws the knife and hits the first girl to die we see the knife land in the middle of her forehead, yet when he kneels down to retrieve the knife he pulls it out of her eye. (In later versions of the film this error was digitally fixed) See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Episode #1.2 (2002). See more »
Soundtracks	Shizuka na hibi no kaidan wo See more »
Crazy Credits	As the credits roll, a class picture is displayed, showing all of the students that have been killed in the Battle Royale, including the two transfer students. See more »
Quotes	[Shougo has just finished bandaging Noriko's leg] Shuya: You know a lot about medicine. Shougo Kawada: Well, my father was a doctor. [a few minutes later, Shougo serves Noriko and Shuya food] Noriko Nakagawa: Wow! This is pretty good! Shougo Kawada: It should be. My father was a chef. [later, After escaping the island] Shuya: You even know how to drive a boat? Shougo Kawada: Hey, my father was a fisherman. See more »

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