This DVD is Region-Free. Should play on all
machines, including
PS/2 game consoles. (Synopsis)
Battle Royale is based on the shockwave novel by Koushun Takami, which is a bestseller in Japan, and which has become very controversial in a very short time (and it is really easy to understand why). The plot is relatively simple (a class of junior high school students are forced to kill each other on a desert island, the last survivor wins and can go back home), but it is this simplicity that makes its strength. No need for a very long prologue before we enter the main act. Each of the 42 pupils involved in this "game" are not volunteers (no one would be...).
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Producers
Akio Kamatani
Masao Sato
Masumi Okada
Tetsu Kayama
Cast
Aki Maeda
Chiaki Kuriyama
Kou Shibasaki
Masanobu Ando
Taro Yamamoto
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Ai Iwamura
Ai Maeda
Aki Inoue
Anna Nagata
Asami Kanai
Eri Ishikawa
Gouki Nishimura
Haruka Nomiyama
Hirohito Honda
Hitomi Hyuga
Junichi Naitou
Mai Sekiguchi
Minami
Misao Kato
Osamu Ohnishi
Ren Matsuzawa
Ryou Nitta
Satomi Hanamura
Satomi Ishii
Satoshi Yokomichi
Sayaka Ikeda
Sayaka Kamiya
Shigehiro Yamaguchi
Shigeki Hirokawa
Shin Kusaka
Shirou Gou
Sousuke Takaoka
Takako Baba
Takashi Tsukamoto
Takayo Mimura
Takeshi Kitano
Tamaki Mihara
Tomomi Shimaki
Tsuyako Kinoshita
Tukari Kanasawa
Yauomi Sano
Yousuke Shibata
Yukihiro Kotani
Yuko Miyamura
Yutaka Shimada
Yuuki Masuda
Publisher: HKV
Audio: Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video: WideScreen Anamorphic
Subtitles: Chinese/English
Length: 120mins
Release Year: 2000
Rating: CAT III
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