Battle Royale
- IMDb link: 0266308
- IMDb rating: 7.5 (206,978 votes)
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Chiaki Kuriyama, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto and others
- Release date: 16 Dec 2000
- Release year: 2000
- Runtime: 114 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Keywords: cult film, game of survival, dystopia, game of death, social commentary, suicide, weapon, computer virus, teenage girl, fight to the death
Plot:
Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school has been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are sent off to kill one another in a no-holds-barred game to the death, until one survives--or they all die. Some, like psychotic Kiriyama and sensual Mitsuko, decide to play the game, while others are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwindle, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive?