Released Date:
2000-12-16
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
114 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (130103 Reviews)
Director:
Kinji FukasakuKoushun Takami (novel)
Kenta Fukasaku (screenplay)
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 each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focuses on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive?
Released Date:
2003-04-19
Languages:
Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, English
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
120 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (1710 Reviews)
Director:
Takahisa ZezeIn the year 2014, Japan has collapsed economically and thus its people emigrated in large numbers and settled in other parts of the world. In a corner in Asia, there is a little street called Mallepa, a big melting pot where Asians such as Hongkongers, Taiwanese and Japanese live together. It was a place where people fought for order, food and freedom. It was there where Shou (Gackt), raised as an orphan and Kei (Hyde), who could live forever, met and became the best of friends. However, they were unable to escape from the fight for power involving gangs of different ethnicity on the street of Malepa...
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