Battle Royale

2000 Kinji Fukasaku 1h 53m
Drama Thriller Action

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.

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)
Aki Maeda Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
Takeshi Kitano Kitano
Taro Yamamoto Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)
Masanobu Ando Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Ko Shibasaki Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)
Chiaki Kuriyama Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)
Takashi Tsukamoto Shinji Mimura (Boy #19)

Vibes

Energized Adventurous Heart Pounding Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Battle Royale

Lesson of the Evil 2012
Authority as horror, Japanese style. Two films about adults who decide children are expendable. Watch as a double feature
The Hunger Games 2012
Death match double bill. Two films about the cruelty of forcing children to fight while adults watch. Watch as a double feature

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