- Production: Fukasaku Kenta, Kataoka Kimio
- Director: Fukasaku Kinji
- Music: Amano Masamichi
- Story: Takami Koushun
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- Genre: Thriller, Action
- Main Actors: Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Yamamoto Taro, Kitano Takeshi, Ando Masanobu
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In a near future, a hypothetical Asian State, a cause of social and economic problems more and more in ascent, launches a law that finds to re-educate the youths. Each year a third class of middle school is involved, chosen in base to a democratic national draw. The class is abduct during a simple school trip. The pupils are transported at their unknown in a island, that is evacuated for the occasion. During the kidnapping, while they are unconscious, on each pupil's neck is put an explosive collar, in the manner to control them. At the island the class chosen is obliged to participate at the Battle Royal competition.
For this, children...today I will do to kill you, between of you. Until only one child will remain in life. Nothing will be incorrect
The objective of the BR is that to do kill them each other, until a only winner will remain who will be the only that can return to the normality. To each of them is delivered a map of the island and an chance arm. The children can have only their personal objects. If at the finally of three days there isn't a winner the collar of all children will explode killing them. The pupils become the protagonists of this competition that they believed till then as only a legend.
The Battle Royale is the law born because there were a grow lack of communication between two generation: that of adults and that of the youths. The film, faithful to the namesake and much sold book, faces main themes essential and social much present: the "give importance at the life per se" it's one among these.
The main narrative line follows the story of the pupil Nanahara Shuya, a boy discouraged by the adults because he has been abandoned by his parents. On the island Shuya chooses to flank to his classmate Nakagawa Noriko, a girl much short and reserved. A fundamental character in the film is that of the charismatic professor who has received bigger prestige thanks of the interpretation of the Kitano Takeshi.
The film has gone on stage for a fanatical public of bloody scenes. It has been produced to provoke interest in a young public, also it has been forbidden to the minors in the original exit of the film in the 2000 in Japan, provoking and real controversy. But the scandal of the censure, in a foreseeable manner, has helped the diffusion of the film in all over the world, transforming that in a very phenomenon.!
For the hire the original version has exited, while a special version exists (exited in Japanese cinemas one year later the first exit) which we find supplementary scenes that allow to understand in a better manner the psychology of the different characters.
Takami Koushun © . All rights reserved
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Storywise, One of the freakiest movies I've seen. :D