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Battle Royale (2001)

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Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Starring:

Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro, Beat Takeshi Kitano

Genres:

Action-Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Origin:

Japan

Certificate:

R

Languages:

Japanese With Subtitles

Aspect ratios:

Anamorphic Wide Screen

Running Time:

122 min

Battle Royale

synopsis


At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence amongst the nation's youth is spiralling out of control. With school children boycotting their lessons and physically abusing their teachers, a beleaguered and near-defeated government decides to introduce a radical new measure: the Battle Royale Act. Overseen by a former teacher, Kitano ('Beat' Takeshi), and requiring that a randomly chosen school class be taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death, the Act dictates that only one pupil be allowed to survive the punishment. He or she will return, not as the victor, but as the ultimate proof of the lengths to which the government are prepared to go to curb the tide of juvenile disobedience. Likened to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange by many critics, this explosive film shocked a nation with its violent portrayal of a society in ruins.

 
 

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