Battle Royale
Could you kill your best friend?
2000 | 113m | Japanese
Popularity: 9 (history)
| Director: | Kinji Fukasaku |
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| Writer: | Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 16, 2000 |
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| Director: | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Writer: | Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | japan, suicide, based on novel or book, asia, island, dystopia, friendship, high school, murder, gore, survival, tragedy, soldier, battle, death, death match, school class, japanese, extreme violence, psychological, science fiction, students, suspense, death game |
| Production Companies | Nippan Group Holdings, GAGA Communications, Toei Company, AM Associates, Kobi, MF Pictures, WOWOW |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $30,600,000
Budget: $4,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 28, 2025 Entered: Sep 28, 2025 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tatsuya Fujiwara | Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15) |
| Aki Maeda | Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15) |
| Takeshi Kitano | Kitano |
| Taro Yamamoto | Shogo Kawada (Boy #5) |
| Masanobu Ando | Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6) |
| Ko Shibasaki | Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11) |
| Chiaki Kuriyama | Takako Chigusa (Girl #13) |
| Takashi Tsukamoto | Shinji Mimura (Boy #19) |
| Sousuke Takaoka | Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11) |
| Yukihiro Kotani | Yôshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7) |
| Eri Ishikawa | Yukie Utsumi (Girl #2) |
| Sayaka Kamiya | Satomi Noda (Girl #17) |
| Takayo Mimura | Kayoko Kotôhiki (Girl #8) |
| Yutaka Shimada | Yûtaka Seto (Boy #12) |
| Ren Matsuzawa | Keita Îjima (Boy #2) |
| Hirohito Honda | Kazushi Nîda (Boy #16) |
| Ryou Nitta | Kyôichi Motobuchi (Boy #20) |
| Sayaka Ikeda | Megumi Eto (Girl #3) |
| Anna Nagata | Hirono Shimizu (Girl #10) |
| Yukari Kanasawa | Yukiko Kitano (Girl #6) |
| Misao Kato | Yumiko Kusaka (Girls #7) |
| Hitomi Hyuga | Yuko Sakaki (Girl #9) |
| Satomi Ishii | Haruka Tanizawa (Girl #12) |
| Asami Kanai | Chisato Matsui (Girl #19) |
| Satomi Hanamura | Yuka Nakagawa (Girl #16) |
| Yousuke Shibata | Mitsuru Numai (Boy #17) |
| Shiro Go | Ryûhei Sasagawa (Boy #10) |
| Yuuki Masuda | Hiroshi Kuronaga (Boy #9) |
| Shigeki Hirokawa | Shô Tsukioka (Boy #14) |
| Tamaki Mihara | Izumi Kanai (Girl #5) |
| Tomomi Shimaki | Sakura Ogawa (Girl #4) |
| Yasuomi Sano | Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Boy #21) |
| Shin Kusaka | Yoshio Akamatsu (Boy #1) |
| Gouki Nishimura | Tatsumichi Ôki (Boy #3) |
| Shigehiro Yamaguchi | Toshinori Oda (Boy #4) |
| Osamu Ohnishi | Yôji Kuramoto (Boy #8) |
| Satoshi Yokomichi | Tadakatsu Hatagami (Boy #18) |
| Junichi Naitou | Yûichiro Takiguchi (Boy #13) |
| Tsuyako Kinoshita | Mizuho Inada (Girl #1) |
| Mai Sekiguchi | Kaori Minami (Girl #20) |
| Takako Baba | Yoshimi Yahagi (Girl #21) |
| Haruka Nomiyama | Mayumi Tendo (Girl #14) |
| Aiko Nogami | Fumiyo Fujiyôshi (Girl #18) |
| Ai Iwamura | A Girl Who Won Last Battle Royale |
| Ai Maeda | Shiori - Kitano's Daughter (voice) |
| Minami | Keiko |
| Michi Yamamura | Reporter |
| Kazutoshi Yokoyama | Basketball Referee |
| Gô Tatsukawa | Lieutenant Anjo |
| Takashi Taniguchi | Shuya's Father |
| Ken Nakaide | Teacher Hayashida |
| Kanako Fukaura | Bus Guide |
| Yuko Miyamura | Training Video Girl |
| Takeyuki Hirai | Soldier |
| Tomu Asakawa | Soldier |
| Yûya Nakahara | Soldier |
| Takashi Komori | Soldier |
| Ryôta Nakamura | Soldier |
| Akihiro Ugajin | Soldier |
| Yôichi Murakami | Soldier |
| Tsuguharu Niizaki | Soldier |
| Jun'ichi Nashiki | Soldier |
| Hiroshi Kitagawa | Soldier |
| Hideaki Kawashima | Soldier |
| Umiji Tasaki | Soldier |
| Hidetsugu Okumura | Soldier |
| Daisuke Yazawa | Soldier |
| Nobuki Baba | Soldier |
| Naoki Iwasawa | Soldier |
| Kôji Tokuhisa | Soldier |
| Mikiya Sanada | Soldier |
| Kazuhiro Yokokura | Soldier |
| Shigeki Homma | Soldier |
| Kazuo Araki | Soldier |
| Gôshi Matsuhara | Soldier |
| Akira Yoshizawa | Soldier |
| Kenzo Shirahama | Soldier |
| Kanji Okumura | Soldier |
| Shôji Takano | Soldier |
| Ryoji Sugimoto | Soldier |
| Hajime Yoneda | Soldier |
| Hideaki Kojima | Soldier |
| Mitsuaki Tachikawa | Soldier |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Akira Rizawa | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Koichi Hirai | Set Decoration |
| Mizuki Ito | Sound Effects Editor, Foley Artist |
| Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Koushun Takami | Novel |
| Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
| Rena Grady | Makeup Artist |
| Masamichi Amano | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Katsumi Yanagijima | Director of Photography |
| Kenta Fukasaku | Screenplay |
| Motoki Ishida | Production Manager |
| Kikuo Notomi | Armorer, Pyrotechnician |
| Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Kunio Ando | Sound |
| Akihiko Okase | Foley Artist |
| Dragon Ash | Theme Song Performance |
| Tetsuo Ôya | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 加藤義一 | Still Photographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kinji Fukasaku | Producer |
| Hisao Nabeshima | Producer |
| Kenta Fukasaku | Producer |
| Kimio Kataoka | Producer |
| Masumi Okada | Producer |
| Chie Kobayashi | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 38 | 20 |
| 2024 | 5 | 33 | 44 | 22 |
| 2024 | 6 | 36 | 60 | 18 |
| 2024 | 7 | 41 | 68 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 28 | 43 | 21 |
| 2024 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 17 |
| 2024 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 28 | 51 | 18 |
| 2024 | 12 | 26 | 47 | 15 |
| 2025 | 1 | 36 | 48 | 26 |
| 2025 | 2 | 23 | 34 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 656 | 727 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 685 | 709 |