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"Could you kill your best friend?"

Dec 16 2000 Not Rated 1h 54m
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

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.

Plot

Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred game to the death, until one survives -- or they all die. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwindle is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive?

Written by

Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Media Factory, Nippan Group Holdings, AM Associates, Gaga Corporation, WOWOW, Toei Company, MF Pictures, Kobi Co.

Languages

Awards

7 wins & 8 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
203,674
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
81
Popularity
NA