Country
United States
Date
Mar 23, 2001
Note
Cleveland International Film Festival
Could you kill your best friend?
1h 53min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
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| 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 |
Genres
DramaThrillerAction
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | バトル・ロワイアル |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | English, 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Toei Company, WOWOW, AM Associates, Kobi, Nippan Group Holdings, MF Pictures, GAGA Communications |
| Data di uscita | 16 dicembre 2000 |
| Producer | Kinji Fukasaku, Masumi Okada, Kimio Kataoka, Chie Kobayashi, Hisao Nabeshima, Kenta Fukasaku |
| Writer | Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku |
| Editors | Hirohide Abe |
| Cinematography | Katsumi Yanagijima, 加藤義一 |
| Asst. Directors | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Camera Operators | Katsumi Yanagijima, 加藤義一 |
| Add. Photography | Katsumi Yanagijima, 加藤義一 |
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| Production Design | Kyōko Heya, Koichi Hirai |
| Art Direction | Kyōko Heya, Koichi Hirai |
| Set Decoration | Koichi Hirai, Kyōko Heya |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuo Ôya |
| Composer | Masamichi Amano, Mizuki Ito, Kenji Shibasaki, Akihiko Okase, Dragon Ash, Akira Rizawa, Kunio Ando, 山木泰人 |
| Sound | Mizuki Ito, Kenji Shibasaki, Masamichi Amano, Akihiko Okase, Dragon Ash, Akira Rizawa, Kunio Ando, 山木泰人 |
| Costume Design | Rena Grady |
| Makeup | Rena Grady |
| Hairstyling | Rena Grady |
| Collezione | Battle Royale Collection |
| Budget | 4.500.000 € |
| Incasso | 30.600.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Sweden
Date
Nov 09, 2002
Certification
15
Note
Uppsala Horror Film Festival
Country
Italy
Date
Nov 13, 2003
Note
Torino Film Festival
Country
Taiwan
Date
Oct 16, 2022
Note
4K Restoration; Kaohsiung Film Festival
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Country
Indonesia
Date
Dec 03, 2025
Note
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Limited release
Country
Italy
Date
Oct 20, 2022
Country
United States
Date
Oct 12, 2025
Certification
NR
Note
25th anniversary re-release
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Dec 16, 2000
Certification
R15+
Country
Hong Kong
Date
Jan 04, 2001
Country
Mexico
Date
Jan 18, 2001
Certification
B
Country
Brazil
Date
May 18, 2001
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Country
Ireland
Date
Sep 14, 2001
Certification
18
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Sep 14, 2001
Certification
18
Country
Singapore
Date
Oct 18, 2001
Certification
R21
Country
Russia
Date
Nov 08, 2001
Certification
18+
Country
France
Date
Nov 21, 2001
Certification
16
Country
Belgium
Date
Jan 30, 2002
Certification
16
Country
Germany
Date
Apr 18, 2002
Certification
18
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jun 18, 2002
Certification
16
Country
Spain
Date
Aug 02, 2002
Certification
18
Country
Argentina
Date
Aug 22, 2002
Certification
+18
Country
Iceland
Date
Sep 19, 2002
Country
Finland
Date
Oct 04, 2002
Certification
K-18
Country
Chile
Date
Oct 10, 2002
Country
Norway
Date
Oct 20, 2002
Certification
18
Country
Peru
Date
Feb 06, 2003
Country
Australia
Date
Mar 20, 2003
Certification
R 18+
Country
South Korea
Date
Apr 05, 2003
Certification
19
Country
Denmark
Date
Jul 22, 2003
Country
Greece
Date
Sep 26, 2003
Country
Türkiye
Date
Oct 17, 2003
Certification
18+
Country
Taiwan
Date
Jun 03, 2005
Certification
18+
Country
Hungary
Date
Feb 27, 2007
Physical media
Country
Sweden
Date
Jan 29, 2003
Certification
15
Note
VHS / DVD
Country
Netherlands
Date
Sep 23, 2005
Certification
16
Note
DVD
Country
Italy
Date
Sep 01, 2008
Note
DVD
Country
United States
Date
Mar 20, 2012
Certification
NR
Note
Blu-ray / DVD
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