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Mood:
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- Young HeroesMind GameSurvivalViolence SpreeCaptivityChaos and MayhemFuture DystopiaKids in Trouble more...
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Genres:
- ActionThrillerForeignFuturisticHorror
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Time/Period:
- Future
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- AsiaJapanIsland
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- Boys' NightTeens
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- Gory
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- Based on Book
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Battle Royale, 2000
Japanese
Japan
Profile of Battle Royale
The mood of Battle Royale is disturbing, bleak, and exciting. The plot centers around captivity, kids in trouble, and a violence spree. It is a foreign, thriller, and action movie. Stylistically, Battle Royale is futuristic and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, on an island. Battle Royale is set in Japan. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being a cult favorite, controversial, and an award winner. Battle Royale is especially suggested for teens and a boys' night. Note that it includes violent content.
Summary of Battle Royale
In a future where society is on the verge of collapse, the government takes drastic action against the problem of rebellious teenagers in this violent sci-fi opus from Japan. In the year 2002, Japan's economy has taken a dramatic turn for the worse, and massive unemployment and inflation have thrown most adults into a state of chaos; the nation's youth culture responds with unprecedented violence, delinquency, and truancy. Desperate to restore order, the Japanese parliament responds by creating the Millennial Reform School Act, in which groups of junior high students are selected at random, sent to an isolated island, and forced to play a rigorous war game, in which all but one of their number are killed. Kitano (Beat Takeshi) is an embittered school instructor who guides the 44 students of the Zentsuji Middle School's Class B through the deadly game known as "Battle Royale," as they struggle to survive against the elements and each other. Battle Royale proved to be both successful and highly controversial in Japan, where it set box-office records and prompted political leaders to call for stricter controls on violence in Japanese entertainment; the film was initially rated R-15 (no one under 15 admitted), unusual for violent films in Japan, though director Kinji Fukasaku later prepared a re-edited version that earned a more lenient classification.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 23 March 2001 |
| Runtime: | 114 min |
Cast and Crew
as Shuya Nanahara - otoko 15-ban
as Noriko Nakagawa - onna 15-ban
as Shôgo Kawada - otoko 5-ban
as Takako Chigusa - onna 13-ban
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