Multimedia Collection
Battle Royale
DVD
155 min
2000 & 2003
PN1997 .B348 2005 Disk 1-2 & 3 (supplement)
In Battle Royale, near anarchy has broken out in Japan sometime in the near future. The government responds by passing the Battle Royale Act, a piece of legislation mandating that a group of young people - and only young people - are forcibly marooned together on an island, and forced to kill each other until one survivor is left. If more than one is still alive after three days, every survivor will be killed. The film follows a class of 14-year-olds who believe they're on a school trip, when they are drugged. They wake up, in a derelict building on a deserted island; they're each given enough provisions for three days, a weapon, and the ultimatum. This version contains eight minutes of additional material not included in the theatrical release. In Battle royale II, three years after the events in "Battle royale," Shuya Nanahara is a well-known terrorist bent on bringing down the government. In response, the government orders the creation of the "Battle Royale 2" program, and sends a class of junior-high students to catch and kill him.
Supplement disc includes WOWOW TV specials Prologue BR and All about BR II. Also includes BR II: Behind story.
Distributed by Wision Production
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