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Battle Royale (2000) (Batoru Rowaiaru)

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Starring (View all)
Tatsuya Fujiwara Tatsuya Fujiwara
Shuya Nanahara - Boy #15
Aki Maeda Aki Maeda
Noriko Nakagawa - Girl #15
Taro Yamamoto Taro Yamamoto
Shôgo Kawada - Boy #5
Chiaki Kuriyama Chiaki Kuriyama
Takako Chigusa - Girl #13
Takashi Tsukamoto Takashi Tsukamoto
Shinji Mimura - Boy #19
Sosuke Takaoka Sosuke Takaoka
Hiroki Sugimura - Boy #11
Yukihiro Kotani Yukihiro Kotani
Yôshitoki Kuninobu - Boy #7
Eri Ishikawa Eri Ishikawa
Yukie Utsumi - Girl #2


Written by
Koushun Takami Koushun Takami
(novel)
Kenta Fukasaku Kenta Fukasaku
(screenplay)


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Life is a game!

15 years, 4 months ago at Nov 20 2:19
10 votes
''Life is a game. So fight for survival and see if you're worth it.''

In future Japan, the government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Tatsuya Fujiwara: Shuya Nanahara - Boys #15

Aki Maeda: Noriko Nakagawa - Girls #15

Batoru rowaiaru(2004) translatin... read more

Masterful and disturbing

14 years, 3 months ago at Dec 5 13:32
7 votes
"Life is a game. So fight for survival and see if you're worth it."

At its most basic level, Battle Royale is a combination of Lord of the Flies and The Running Man; utilising the time-worn concept of a group of people who are conscripted, equipped with weapons and forced to kill or be killed until only one contestant remains. It's an idea which dates back to the days of the Roman e... read more

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11 years, 1 month ago at Jan 21 10:13
3 votes
Over the top in some parts, but it's highly enjoyable.

I had this film recommended to me around a few years back, and getting a few snippets of what it was all about, I can't exactly say I was in a great deal of a rush to watch it, but all in good time it seems...as this turned out to be one of my favourite films I've watched so far. I can't really say I was ever that fussed with al... read more
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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.
Release date: 16 December 2000
Tags: Action (45), Thriller (40), Japanese (40), Japan (27), 2000 (24), Survival (24), Murder (20), Suicide (20), 2000s (20), Horror (19), Island (18), Drama (15), Asian (15), Foreign (14), Kidnapping (12), Teen (11), (11), Friendship (10), Blood (10), Sea (8)
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"23.2. Blu-ray Uusintakatselu. Hienosti säilyttää Battle Royale vieläkin paukkunsa, vaikka aika monta kertaa on nähty silloin joskus. Satiirina hauska, melodraamana toimiva ja väkivaltaviihteenä mahtava. Kaikki (muutkin) puolet huomioiden ihastuttavan absurdi ja varmasti tulee seuraavan kerran katseltua vähän lyhyemmällä tauolla, kuin sen karkealla arviolla 18 vuotta, mikä edelsi. Takeshi Kitano on kova ja tämän traagisen välinpitämättömäksi, mutta kumman inhimmilliseksi lopu"


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"Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru Rowaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese action-thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and written by his son Kenta Fukasaku, based on the controversial 1999 novel by Koushun Takami. Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, and Takeshi Kitano, the film follows a group of junior-high-school students forced to fight to the death by the Japanese totalitarian government. The film drew controversy and was banned or excluded from distribution "


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“(MU) The game is fantastic and the feelings are somehow corn (they kille and they love each other, oh boys!) , but pace, progression, editing, placing of some scenes are spectacular, this is a subgnere being stablished...” read more

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