Battle Royale
“Could you kill your best friend?”
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.
Details
Release Date: 12/16/2000
Runtime: 113 minutes
Languages: English, Japanese
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Budget: $4.5M
Revenue: $30.6M
Production
Companies: Toei Company, WOWOW, AM Associates, Kobi, Nippan Group Holdings, MF Pictures, GAGA Communications
Countries: Japan
Where to watch · US
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Reviews
Dr_Nostromo
75/100 A Japanese film about a government sanctioned contest where a 9th grade class is dropped on a deserted island and the last one alive gets to go home. I found the film to be quite entertaining partly because it was exactly what I expected it to be ...a well above average example of the "last-man-standing" concept. Much better than most, it presents a good deal of satire along with being quite bloody violent. The characters were quiet colorful, each with their own personality, baggage and angle of attack. Good stuff. Let the slaughter begin! -- DrNostromo.com
