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Battle Royale is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kinji Fukasaku released in USA on 20 december 2000 with Tatsuya Fujiwara

Battle Royale (2000)

バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru rowaiaru

Battle Royale
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Released in USA 20 december 2000
Length 1h54
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Social science fiction,    Action,    Adventure,    Horror
Rating74% 3.7483053.7483053.7483053.7483053.748305

Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru Rowaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese action thriller film adapted from the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushun Takami. It is the final film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, the screenplay written by his son Kenta, and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film tells the story of Shuya Nanahara, a junior high-school student who is struggling with the suicide of his father and who is forced by the government to compete in a deadly game where the students in his class must fight to the death, with only the sole survivor being allowed to live. The film aroused both domestic and international controversy and was either banned outright or deliberately excluded from distribution in several countries.

The film was a mainstream domestic blockbuster, becoming one of the ten highest-grossing films in Japan, and was released in 22 countries worldwide. It received global audience and critical acclaim and is often regarded as one of Japan's most famous films, as well as one of Fukasaku's best films. Fukasaku started working on a sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, but he died of prostate cancer on January 12, 2003 after shooting only one scene with Takeshi Kitano. His son, Kenta Fukasaku, completed the film in 2003 and dedicated it to his father.

Synopsis

Japanese middle school student Shuya Nanahara copes with life after his father's suicide. Meanwhile, schoolmate Noriko Nakagawa is the only student attending class 3-B. Their teacher, Kitano, resigns after being impulsively attacked by a student.

Actors

Tatsuya Fujiwara

(Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15))
Aki Maeda

(Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15))
Masanobu Ando

(Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6))
Tarō Yamamoto

(Shogo Kawada (Boy #5))
Chiaki Kuriyama

(Takako Chigusa (Girl #13))
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