Battle Royale

Based On the book by Koushun Takami

Battle Royale (Japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, Hepburn: Batoru Rowaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese dystopian action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku from a screenplay by Kenta Fukasaku, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushun Takami. The film stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu Andō, and Beat Takeshi. It follows a group of junior high school students forced to fight to the death by a totalitarian Japanese government. Battle Royale was theatrically released in Japan on December 16, 2000, by Toei Company, with an R15+ rating, which is rarely used in Japan.

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Release date:

December 16, 2000

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Cast:

Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, Masanobu Andō, Kō Shibasaki

Genre:

Thriller, Drama, Action, Dystopian, Splatter

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

2000 in adaptations