Battle Royale (2000) [NR]

Release Date:
December 16, 2000

Original Title:
バトル・ロワイアル

Alternate Titles:
A Batalha Real
Batalla Real
Batoru Rowaiaru
Battle Royale
Battle Royale - Nur einer kann überleben!
Battle Royale: Special Edition
Borba do poslednjeg
Karališkas mušis
Kraljevska bitka
Королівська битва
バトル・ロワイアル
バトル・ロワイアル 特別篇
バトル・ロワイアル3D
大逃杀
배틀 로얄

Genres:
Action | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
AM Associates
GAGA Communications
Kobi
MF Pictures
Nippan Group Holdings
Toei Company
WOWOW

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: +18  AU: R 18+  DE: 18  ES: 18  FI: K-18  FR: 16  GB: 18  IE: 18  JP: R15+  KR: 18  MX: B  NL: 16  NO: 18  RU: 18+  SE: 15  SG: R21  TR: 18+  TW: 18+  US: NR 

Runtime: 113

Could you kill your best friend?

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.

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Armorer:
Kikuo Notomi

Conductor:
Masamichi Amano

Director:
Kinji Fukasaku

Director of Photography:
Katsumi Yanagijima

Editor:
Hirohide Abe

Foley Artist:
Mizuki Ito
Akihiko Okase

Makeup Artist:
Rena Grady

Novel:
Koushun Takami

Original Music Composer:
Masamichi Amano

Producer:
Chie Kobayashi
Masumi Okada
Kenta Fukasaku
Kimio Kataoka
Kinji Fukasaku
Hisao Nabeshima

Production Design:
Kyōko Heya

Production Manager:
Motoki Ishida

Pyrotechnician:
Kikuo Notomi

Screenplay:
Kenta Fukasaku

Set Decoration:
Koichi Hirai

Sound:
Kunio Ando

Sound Effects:
Kenji Shibasaki

Sound Effects Editor:
Mizuki Ito

Theme Song Performance:
Dragon Ash

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