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Release Date: 2000

Cast: Kou Shibasaki, Sayaka Kamiya, Sousuke Takaoka, Taro Yamamoto, Takashi Tsukamoto, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Kitano, Masanobu Ando, Takayo Mimura, Chiaki Kuriyama, Aki Maeda

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Thriller, Adventure, Action Thrillers, Action

Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru Rouaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy. A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed. The music soundtracks for both movies were composed, arranged and conducted by Masamichi Amano, performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and features pieces of classical music with some original composition. The choral Western classical music used as the film's overture theme music... MORE

Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル, Batoru Rouaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy. A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed. The music soundtracks for both movies were composed, arranged and conducted by Masamichi Amano, performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and features pieces of classical music with some original composition. The choral Western classical music used as the film's overture theme music is the "Dies Irae" from Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. The film opens with the prologue text, "At the dawn of the millennium, the nation collapsed. At fifteen percent unemployment, ten million were out of work. 800,000 students boycotted school. The adults lost confidence and, fearing the youth, eventually passed the Millennium Educational Reform Act, AKA the BR Act..." Japanese teenager Shuya Nanahara struggles to cope with life after his father commits suicide by hanging. Meanwhile, his classmate, Noriko Nakagawa, finds her class, 3-B, empty with only her teacher Kitano present in the classroom. Kitano leaves but is LESS