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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.

1h 53m2000RTMDb 7.3

DramaThrillerAction

Japanese

Crew and Cast

Kinji FukasakuKinji FukasakuDirectorTatsuya FujiwaraTatsuya FujiwaraShuya Nanahara (Boy #15)Aki MaedaAki MaedaNoriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)Takeshi KitanoTakeshi KitanoKitanoTaro YamamotoTaro YamamotoShogo Kawada (Boy #5)Masanobu AndoMasanobu AndoKazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)Ko ShibasakiKo ShibasakiMitsuko Souma (Girl #11)Chiaki KuriyamaChiaki KuriyamaTakako Chigusa (Girl #13)Takashi TsukamotoTakashi TsukamotoShinji Mimura (Boy #19)Sousuke TakaokaSousuke TakaokaHiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)Yukihiro KotaniYukihiro KotaniYôshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7)
Eri IshikawaYukie Utsumi (Girl #2)Sayaka KamiyaSayaka KamiyaSatomi Noda (Girl #17)Takayo MimuraTakayo MimuraKayoko Kotôhiki (Girl #8)Yutaka ShimadaYutaka ShimadaYûtaka Seto (Boy #12)Ren MatsuzawaRen MatsuzawaKeita Îjima (Boy #2)
Hirohito HondaKazushi Nîda (Boy #16)Ryou NittaRyou NittaKyôichi Motobuchi (Boy #20)Sayaka IkedaSayaka IkedaMegumi Eto (Girl #3)Anna NagataAnna NagataHirono Shimizu (Girl #10)Yukari KanasawaYukari KanasawaYukiko Kitano (Girl #6)Misao KatoMisao KatoYumiko Kusaka (Girls #7)Hitomi HyugaHitomi HyugaYuko Sakaki (Girl #9)Satomi IshiiSatomi IshiiHaruka Tanizawa (Girl #12)Asami KanaiAsami KanaiChisato Matsui (Girl #19)Satomi HanamuraSatomi HanamuraYuka Nakagawa (Girl #16)
Yousuke ShibataMitsuru Numai (Boy #17)Shiro GoShiro GoRyûhei Sasagawa (Boy #10)Yuuki MasudaYuuki MasudaHiroshi Kuronaga (Boy #9)
Shigeki HirokawaShô Tsukioka (Boy #14)Tamaki MiharaTamaki MiharaIzumi Kanai (Girl #5)

Storyline

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.

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Info

Original title
バトル・ロワイアル
Status
Released
Released
16 December 2000
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
R
TMDB score
7.3 / 10 (3,989 votes)

Production

Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Writers
Kenta Fukasaku, Koushun Takami
Studios
Toei Company, WOWOW, AM Associates
Countries
Japan

Box Office

Budget
$4.5M
Revenue
$30.6M
Profit
$26.1M
Return
6.8×
Collection
Battle Royale Collection

Languages

Original
Japanese
Spoken
English, Japanese