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Battle Royale (live-action movie)

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[ related to Battle Royale (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Battle Royale II: Requiem (live-action movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
BR
Juego Sangriento (Spanish)
バトル・ロワイアル (Japanese)
Themes: military
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: In the turn of the century, Japan's economy went to an all-time low. The unemployment rate skyrocketed and the country's youths boycotted school and rebelled against their elders. In response to the ensuing mayhem, the Japanese government passed a new law called the Millennium Educational Reform Act—infamously known as "The Battle Royale Act." This movie focuses on one high school class that is chosen to participate in the latest Battle Royale, where each student must survive and kill their classmates on a remote island for three days until only one is left standing.
Running time: 122 minutes
Vintage: 2000-12-16
Premiere date:
2000-12-16 (Japan)
Releases: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Requiem (Verdi) ~ Prologue" by Masamichi Amano w/ the Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Ending Theme:
"Shizuka na Hibi no Kaidan wo" by Dragon Ash
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 7
Comment:
Like the manga of the same title, Battle Royale is based on the best-selling novel by Koushun Takami. The original theatrical release is 114 minutes long. The director's cut, which runs at 122 minutes and deviates from the original's R-15 rating, includes several minutes of flashback scenes that further explain the story. Additional CG blood effects are incorporated in most of the film's gruesome scenes.
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Screenplay: Kenta Fukasaku

Music: Masamichi Amano

Original creator: Koushun Takami

Producer:
Akio Kamatani
Masao Sato
Masumi Okada
Tetsu Kayama

Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagishima

Editing: Hirohide Abe

Non-Original Music: Johann Sebastian Bach ("Air")

Production Design: Kyoko Heya

Sound: Kunio Ando

Theme Song Performance: Dragon Ash (ED)

 

Aki Maeda as Noriko Nakagawa

Beat Takeshi as Kitano

Taro Yamamoto as Shougo Kawada

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Shuya Nanahara

Asami Kanai as Chisato Matsui

Chiaki Kuriyama as Takako Chigusa

Eri Ishikawa as Yukie Utsumi

Kou Shibasaki as Mitsuko Souma

Masanobu Andou as Kazou Kiriyama

Ai Iwamura as Mai (Smiling kid)

Ai Maeda as Shiori Kitano

Aki Inoue as Fumiyo Fujiyoshi

Anna Nagata as Hirono Shimizu

Gouki Nishimura as Tatsumichi Ohki

Haruka Nomiyama as Mayumi Tendo

Hirohito Honda as Kazushi Niida

Hitomi Hyuga as Yuko Sakaki

Junichi Naitou as Yuichiro Takaguchi

Mai Sekiguchi as Kaori Minami

Minami as Keiko

Misao Katou as Yumiko Kusaka

Osamu Onishi as Yoji Kuramoto

Ren Matsuzawa as Keita Iijima

Ryo Nitta as Kyoichi Motobuchi

Satomi Hanamura as Yuka Nakagawa

Satomi Ishii as Haruka Tanizawa

Satoshi Yokomichi as Tadakatsu Hatagami

Sayaka Ikeda as Megumi Etou

Sayaka Kamiya as Satomi Noda

Shigehiro Yamaguchi as Toshimori Oda

Shigeki Hirokawa as Sho Tsukioka

Shin Kusaka as Yoshiro Akamatsu

Shiro Gou as Ryuhei Sasagawa

Sousuke Takaoka as Hiroki Sugimura

Takaashi Tsukamoto as Shinji Mimura

Takako Baba as Yoshimi Yahagi

Takashi Taniguchi as Shuya's Father

Takayo Mimura as Kayoko Kotohiki

Tamaki Mihara as Izumi Kanai

Tomomi Shimaki as Sakura Ogawa

Tsukari Kanasawa as Yukiko Kitano

Tsuyako Kinoshita as Mizuho Inada

Yasuomi Sano as Kazuhiko Yamamoto

Yousuke Shibata as Mitsuru Numai

Yukihiro Kotani as Yoshitoki Kuninobu

Yuko Miyamura as Battle Royale Training Video Girl

Yutaka Shimada as Yutaka Seto

Yuuki Masuda as Hiroshi Kuronaga

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Music Performance: Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Production:
Fukusaku-Gumi
Toei Productions
WOWOW

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Miguel Rey (Spain dub)

Translation: Guillermo Ramos (Spain dub)

 

Camilo García as Kitano (Spain dub)

Cristina Hernandez as Noriko Nakagawa

Geni Rey as Noriko Nakagawa (Spain dub)

Jesse Conde as Kitano (Mexican Spanish dub)

Jordi Pons as Shougo Kawada (Spain dub)

Luis Daniel Ramirez as Shuya Nanahara (Mexican Spanish dub)

Masumi Mutsuda as Shuya Nanahara (Spain dub)

Rene Garcia as Shougo Kawada

Belén Roca as Mitsuko Souma (Spain dub)

Elisabet Bargalló as Chisato Matsui (Spain dub)

Joel Mulachs as Takako Chigusa (Spain dub)

Núria Trifol as Yukie Utsumi (Spain dub)

Albert Roig as Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Spain dub)

Alejandro Mayen as Narrator (Mexican Spanish dub)

Angel de Gracia as Shinji Mimura (Spain dub)

Berta Cortés as Megumi Etou (Spain dub)

Carlos Di Blasi as Hiroki Sugimura (Spain dub)

Elisa Sánchez Beuter as Video Presenter (Spain dub)

Enrique Hernández as Kieta Iijima (Spain dub)

Gabriel Ortiz as Yutaka Seto

Hernán Fernández as Yoshitoki Kuninobu (Spain dub)

Lucas Cisneros as Yutaka Seto (Spain dub)

Marta Ullod as Yumiko Kusaka (Spain dub)

Oscar Muñoz as Kazushi Niida (Spain dub)

Roser Aldabó as Hirono Shimizu (Spain dub)

Sílvia Gómez as Yukiko Kitano (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Dubbing Studio: International Soundstudio (Barcelona, Spain)

 
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