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Battle Royale (live-action movie)

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Alternative title:
Batalha Real (Portuguese)
BR
Juego Sangriento (Spanish)
バトル・ロワイアル (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: In the turn of the century, Japan's economy went to an all-time low. The unemployment rate skyrocketed and the country's youths boycotted school and rebelled against their elders. In response to the ensuing mayhem, the Japanese government passed a new law called the Millennium Educational Reform Act—infamously known as "The Battle Royale Act." This movie focuses on one high school class that is chosen to participate in the latest Battle Royale, where each student must survive and kill their classmates on a remote island for three days until only one is left standing.
Running time: 122 minutes
Vintage: 2000-12-16
Premiere date:
2000-12-16 (Japan)
2007-02-23 (Brazil - DVD)
2022-10-20 (Italy)
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Requiem (Verdi) ~ Prologue" by Masamichi Amano w/ the Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Ending Theme:
"Shizuka na Hibi no Kaidan wo" by Dragon Ash
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 12
Comment:
Like the manga of the same title, Battle Royale is based on the best-selling novel by Koushun Takami. The original theatrical release is 114 minutes long. The director's cut, which runs at 122 minutes and deviates from the original's R-15 rating, includes several minutes of flashback scenes that further explain the story. Additional CG blood effects are incorporated in most of the film's gruesome scenes.
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Battle Royale - Director's Cut (Blu-ray) 2012-03-20 (from $24.99)
    Battle Royale - The Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2012-03-20 (from $22.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Battle Royale - Director's Cut (DVD) 2012-03-20 (from $9.99)
    Battle Royale - The Complete Collection (DVD) 2012-03-20 (from $22.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Screenplay: Kenta Fukasaku
Original creator: Koushun Takami
Executive producer: Ikuro Takano
Assistant Director: Toru Harada
Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagishima
Editing: Hirohide Abe
Lighting: Akira Ono (原田 徹)
Non-Original Music:
Franz Schubert ("Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen" ["To Be Sung By the Water"])
Johann Strauss ("Radetzky March", "The Blue Danube Waltz")
Johann Sebastian Bach ("Air")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Dies Irae")
Production Design: Kyoko Heya
Recording: Kunio Andō
Sound: Kunio Andō
Sound Effects: Kenji Shibasaki
Theme Song Performance: Dragon Ash (ED)
Visual Effects Supervision:
Nobutaka Doki
Tetsuo Ōya
Voice Training: Haruhi Terada
Aki Maeda as Noriko Nakagawa
Beat Takeshi as Kitano
Taro Yamamoto as Shougo Kawada
Tatsuya Fujiwara as Shuya Nanahara

Asami Kanai as Chisato Matsui
Chiaki Kuriyama as Takako Chigusa
Eri Ishikawa as Yukie Utsumi
Kou Shibasaki as Mitsuko Souma
Masanobu Andō as Kazou Kiriyama

Ai Iwamura as Mai (Smiling kid)
Ai Maeda as Shiori Kitano
Aki Inoue as Fumiyo Fujiyoshi
Anna Nagata as Hirono Shimizu
Gōki Nishimura as Tatsumichi Ohki
Haruka Nomiyama as Mayumi Tendo
Hirohito Honda as Kazushi Niida
Hitomi Hyuga as Yuko Sakaki
Junichi Naitō as Yuichiro Takaguchi
Mai Sekiguchi as Kaori Minami
Minami as Keiko
Misao Katō as Yumiko Kusaka
Osamu Onishi as Yoji Kuramoto
Ren Matsuzawa as Keita Iijima
Ryo Nitta as Kyoichi Motobuchi
Satomi Hanamura as Yuka Nakagawa
Satomi Ishii as Haruka Tanizawa
Satoshi Yokomichi as Tadakatsu Hatagami
Sayaka Ikeda as Megumi Etou
Sayaka Kamiya as Satomi Noda
Shigehiro Yamaguchi as Toshimori Oda
Shigeki Hirokawa as Sho Tsukioka
Shin Kusaka as Yoshiro Akamatsu
Shiro Gou as Ryuhei Sasagawa
Sōsuke Takaoka as Hiroki Sugimura
Takako Baba as Yoshimi Yahagi
Takashi Taniguchi as Shuya's Father
Takashi Tsukamoto as Shinji Mimura
Takayo Mimura as Kayoko Kotohiki
Tamaki Mihara as Izumi Kanai
Tomomi Shimaki as Sakura Ogawa
Tsukari Kanasawa as Yukiko Kitano
Tsuyako Kinoshita as Mizuho Inada
Yasuomi Sano as Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Yōsuke Shibata as Mitsuru Numai
Yūki Masuda as Hiroshi Kuronaga
Yukihiro Kotani as Yoshitoki Kuninobu
Yūko Miyamura as Battle Royale Training Video Girl
Yutaka Shimada as Yutaka Seto

Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
(none)
John Snyder as Kitano

Erin Fitzgerald as
Yukie Utsumi
Yumiko Kusaka
Kaiji Tang as Shogo Kawada
Spike Spencer as Yoshitoki Kuninobu
Stephanie Komure as
Kayoko Kotohiki
Megumi Eto
Mitsuko Souma
Training Video Girl
Stephanie Sheh as Takako Chigusa
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Hoopla
Tubi TV
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Frissons TV (Canada)
Distributor: M6
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Dubbing Director: Miguel Rey (Spain dub)
Translation: Guillermo Ramos (Spain dub)
ADR Script: Guillermo Ramos (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Luis de Val (Manga Films)
Camilo García as Kitano (Spain dub)
Cristina Hernandez as Noriko Nakagawa
Geni Rey as Noriko Nakagawa (Spain dub)
Jesse Conde as Kitano (Mexican Spanish dub)
Jordi Pons as Shougo Kawada (Spain dub)
Luis Daniel Ramirez as Shuya Nanahara (Mexican Spanish dub)
Masumi Mutsuda as Shuya Nanahara (Spain dub)
Rene Garcia as Shougo Kawada

Belén Roca as Mitsuko Souma (Spain dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Chisato Matsui (Spain dub)
Joel Mulachs as Takako Chigusa (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Yukie Utsumi (Spain dub)

Albert Roig as Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Spain dub)
Alejandro Mayen as Narrator (Mexican Spanish dub)
Angel de Gracia as Shinji Mimura (Spain dub)
Berta Cortés as Megumi Etou (Spain dub)
Carlos Di Blasi as Hiroki Sugimura (Spain dub)
Elisa Beuter as
Training Video Girl (Spain dub)
Video Presenter (Spain dub)
Enrique Hernández as Kieta Iijima (Spain dub)
Gabriel Ortiz as Yutaka Seto
Hernán Fernández as Yoshitoki Kuninobu (Spain dub)
Lucas Cisneros as Yutaka Seto (Spain dub)
Marta Ullod as Yumiko Kusaka (Spain dub)
Oscar Muñoz as Kazushi Niida (Spain dub)
Roser Aldabó as Hirono Shimizu (Spain dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Yukiko Kitano (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor:
Cameo (Spain; 2014)
Transeuropa (Argentina)
Vértice Cine (Spain; theaters) 
Dubbing Studio: International Sound Studio (Barcelona, Spain)
Licensed by:
ISAAN Entertainment (Spain; 2014)
Líder Films (Argentina)
Manga Films (Spain; expired)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Motoko Iwasaki

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Dubbing Engineering: Gabriele Conti
Synchronization: Matteo Saoncelli
Eva Padoan as Noriko Nakagawa
Francesco Pezzulli as Shougo Kawada
Marco Vivio as Shuya Nanahara
Vittorio Di Prima as Kitano

Domitilla D'Amico as Mitsuko Souma
Federica De Bortoli as Yukie Utsumi
Valentina Mari as Takako Chigusa

Alessandro Rigotti as Mitsuru Numai
Alessandro Vanni as Ryuhei Sasagawa
Daniele Raffaeli as Kyoichi Motobuchi
David Chevalier as Shinji Mimura
Davide Perino as Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Edoardo Nordio as Hayashida
Elena Perino as Yuko Sakaki
Eleonora De Angelis as Giornalista
Fabrizio De Flaviis as Keita Iijima
Federica Bomba as Yukiko Kusaka
Francesca Rinaldi as Yumko Kitano
Gabriele Lopez as Kazushi Niida
Gaia Bolognesi as Haruka Tanizawa
Gemma Donati as Kayoko Kotohiki
George Castiglia as Toshimori Oda
Gianluca Crisafi as Tatsumichi Ooki
Giulia Tarquini as Yuka Nakagawa
Ilaria Latini as Battle Royale Training Video Girl
Joy Saltarelli as Megumi Eto
Laura Latini as Sakura Ogawa
Leonardo Graziano as Yoshiro Akamatsu
Letizia Ciampa as Satomi Noda
Maurizio Reti as Padre di Shuya
Micaela Incitti as Yoshimi Yahagi
Omar Vitelli as Yutaka Seto
Perla Liberatori as Hirono Shimizu
Sabrina Duranti as Inviata
Stefano Crescentini as Hiroki Sugimura
Stefano De Filippis as Hiroshi Kuronaga
Valeria Vidali as Chisato Matsui

Italian companies
Distributor: Shin Vision
Dubbing: Sample srl
Sound: PCM AUDIO (Roma)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor:
Capelight Pictures
NSM (Austria)
German cast
(none)
Danish staff
Danish companies
(none)
Distributor: Atlantic Film
Danish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Fábio Lucindo as Shuya Nanahara
Rodrigo Andreatto as Shogo Kawada
Samira Fernandes as Noriko Nakagawa

Anibal Munhoz as Kitano
Fernanda Bullara as Mitsuko Souma
Yuri Chesman as Hiroki Sugimura

Daniella Piquet as Garota do vídeo de treinamento

Portuguese companies
Distributor: Visual Filmes (DVD release)
Dubbing Studio: BKS
Internet Streaming: Mubi (Brazil)

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