Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Sôsuke Takaoka, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hirohito Honda, Eri Ishikawa, Sayaka Ikeda, Tomomi Shimaki, Aki Maeda, Kô Shibasaki, Chiaki Kuriyama
Contributors: Katsumi Yanagijima, Kenta Fukasaku, Masao Satô, Masumi Okada, Teruo Kamaya, Tetsu Kayama, Masamichi Amano
Studio: Arrow Video
Main Language:
Japanese
Subtitles:
English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 19 Jun 2023
Originally Issued: 2000
No of Discs: 2
Weight: 100g
Dimensions: 137 x 17 x 174 (mm)
Genre: World Cinema
BBFC Cert: (18) Suitable for 18 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 109 minutes
Sound: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Description
Kinji Fukasaku directs this Japanese action thriller adapted from the novel by Koushun Takami. With schoolchildren all over the country growing increasingly delinquent, the totalitarian government takes decisive action and introduces the Battle Royale Act. The Act sets forth a plan whereby a class will be chosen at random and flown to a remote island where each student will then be given a weapon and set loose to fight their classmates, all the while knowing that only one of their number will be allowed to leave the island alive.
When Class B of Zentsuji Middle School are chosen to take part in the massacre, the different students quickly take sides against each other, but Shuya (Tatsuya Fujiwara) and Noriko (Aki Maeda) form an alliance in an attempt to survive the experience together.
Special Features
- Interactive Menus
- Bonus Footage
- Trailers
- Behind The Scenes
- Interviews: Kenta Fukasaku (producer/screenwriter); Takeshi Kitano (actor)
- Commentary: Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp (critics)
- Making Of Documentary
- Other Documentary: 'Coming of Age: 'Battle Royale' at 20'; 'The Slaughter of 42 High School Students'; 'Conducting 'Battle Royale' With the Warsaw National Philharmonic'; 'Shooting the Special Edition'; 'Royale Rehearsals'; 'Masamichi Amano Conducts 'Battle Royale''; 'The Correct Way to Fight in 'Battle Royale''; 'The Correct Way to Make 'Battle Royale': Birthday Version'; 'Special Effects Comparison'
