Battle Royale (2000)

12/16/2000 (JP) • 1h 53m

Drama, Thriller, Action

Could you kill your best friend?

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)

Aki Maeda

Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)

Taro Yamamoto

Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)

Masanobu Ando

Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)

Ko Shibasaki

Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)

Chiaki Kuriyama

Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)

Takashi Tsukamoto

Shinji Mimura (Boy #19)

Sousuke Takaoka

Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)


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Part of the Battle Royale Collection

Includes Battle Royale, Battle Royale II: Requiem

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Revenue

$30,600,000.00

Keywords

high school

friendship

suicide

island

japan

based on novel or book

asia

dystopia

gore

survival

tragedy

murder

soldier

battle

death

death match

school class

japanese

extreme violence

psychological

science fiction

inspirational

students

suspense

death game

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