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Battle Royale (2000)

Could you kill your best friend?

  • Drama
  • Thriller
  • Action

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.

Rating
7.3 / 10 (4,000 votes)
Release date
December 16, 2000
Runtime
1h 54m
Language
Japanese
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Status
Released
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  • Tatsuya FujiwaraShuya Nanahara (Boy #15)
  • Aki MaedaNoriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
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  • Ko ShibasakiMitsuko Souma (Girl #11)
  • Chiaki KuriyamaTakako Chigusa (Girl #13)
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