Battle Royale (live-action movie)
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)
Genres:
drama,
science fiction
Themes:
military
Objectionable content:
Intense
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)
Release dates: 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 12
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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Press Releases:
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| Blu-Ray (Region A) |
| Battle Royale - Director's Cut (Blu-Ray) 2012-03-20 (from $9.24) |
| Battle Royale - The Complete Collection (Blu-Ray) 2012-03-20 (from $13.18) |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Battle Royale - Director's Cut (DVD) 2012-03-20 (from $7.63) |
| Battle Royale - The Complete Collection (DVD) 2012-03-20 (from $20.95) |
Director: Kinji Fukasaku Screenplay: Kenta Fukasaku Music: Masamichi Amano Original creator: Koushun Takami Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagishima Editing: Hirohide Abe Non-Original Music: Franz Schubert ("Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen" ["To Be Sung By the Water"]) Johann Strauss ("Radetzky March", "The Blue Danube Waltz") Johann Sebastian Bach ("Air") Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Dies Irae") Production Design: Kyoko Heya Sound: Kunio Ando Theme Song Performance: Dragon Ash (ED) | Aki Maeda as Beat Takeshi as Taro Yamamoto as Tatsuya Fujiwara as Asami Kanai as Chiaki Kuriyama as Eri Ishikawa as Kou Shibasaki as Masanobu Andou as Ai Iwamura as Ai Maeda as Aki Inoue as Anna Nagata as Gouki Nishimura as Haruka Nomiyama as Hirohito Honda as Hitomi Hyuga as Junichi Naitou as Mai Sekiguchi as Minami as Misao Katou as Osamu Onishi as Ren Matsuzawa as Ryo Nitta as Satomi Hanamura as Satomi Ishii as Satoshi Yokomichi as Sayaka Ikeda as Sayaka Kamiya as Shigehiro Yamaguchi as Shigeki Hirokawa as Shin Kusaka as Shiro Gou as Sousuke Takaoka as Takaashi Tsukamoto as Takako Baba as Takashi Taniguchi as Takayo Mimura as Tamaki Mihara as Tomomi Shimaki as Tsukari Kanasawa as Tsuyako Kinoshita as Yasuomi Sano as Yousuke Shibata as Yukihiro Kotani as Yuko Miyamura as Yutaka Shimada as Yuuki Masuda as | |||
Broadcaster: WOWOW Music Performance: Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra | ||||
(none) | Ivan Buckley as Kaiji Tang as Spike Spencer as Stephanie Sheh as | |||
Licensed by: Anchor Bay Entertainment | ||||
Dubbing Director: Miguel Rey (Spain dub) Translation: Guillermo Ramos (Spain dub) | Camilo García as Cristina Hernandez as Geni Rey as Jesse Conde as Jordi Pons as Luis Daniel Ramirez as Masumi Mutsuda as Rene Garcia as Belén Roca as Elisabet Bargalló as Joel Mulachs as Núria Trifol as Albert Roig as Alejandro Mayen as Angel de Gracia as Berta Cortés as Carlos Di Blasi as Elisa Beuter as Enrique Hernández as Gabriel Ortiz as Hernán Fernández as Lucas Cisneros as Marta Ullod as Oscar Muñoz as Roser Aldabó as Sílvia Gómez as | |||
Dubbing Studio: International Soundstudio (Barcelona, Spain) | ||||
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