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:

self sacrifice | returning character killed off | loss of loved one | friendship | death of child | 

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Taglines:

We declare war on all adults!

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Though it is implied that Ai Maeda's character is younger than her sister, Aki Maeda's character, in real life it is the other way around.

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Goofs

When Shuya impales a commando with a pipe, the strap holding the pipe in place is visible, when he turns towards the camera

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Quotes

Masami Shibaki: [Shibaki gets shot, falls to the ground, then gets up slowly, in a weak voice] No big deal... I'm glad I made friends. Go now...
Takuma Aoi: Shibaki!

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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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Alternate Versions

When the theatrical film received a negative reaction, a re-edited version entitled "Battle Royale II: Revenge" was released onto video. This new cut restores over 20 minutes of character development, features improved special effects, and expands on the story's thematic elements. The extended version was released to a more critical acclaim.

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Connections

References Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

User Reviews

Makes You Feel Proud to be a Human

This is a great film. I watched it because I like the girls and the action of its prequel. I normally dislike all sequels, but this one works,. It is inspiring that unrelated Japanese youth can engage in a fight not their own against militarism and hate. Sure, I miss the pretty chicks from the first one, but appreciate the action and the message of this. It must be dissonant to selfish people.

Details

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)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$14,902,587

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company, Fukasaku-gumi, GAGA

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min 155 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1