Battle royale = Batoru rowaiaru

Author

Kinji Fukasaku

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Japanese or dubbed English, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu Andô, Beat Takeshi.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2012]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

In the near future, the economy has collapsed, unemployment has soared, and juvenile crime has exploded. Fearful of their nation's youth, the Japanese government passes the BR law: Each year, a 9th grade class is sent to a remote island where they will be locked into exploding neck collars, given a random weapon, and forced to hunt and kill each other until there is only one survivor left.

Notes

Title from container.

Based upon the novel by Koushun Takami.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.