Battle Royale
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Battle Royale is a controversial and influential 2000 Japanese dystopian action film in which a class of students is forced by the government to fight to the death on a remote island.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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action film ⓘ dystopian film ⓘ film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| alternateVersion | Battle Royale: Director's Cut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Battle Royale (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Koushun Takami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Kitano
NERFINISHED
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Noriko Nakagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuya Nanahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Katsumi Yanagishima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| cultStatus | cult film ⓘ |
| director | Kinji Fukasaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Toei Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Hirohide Abe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalProgram | BR Act ⓘ |
| filmRatingJapan | R-15 ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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dystopian ⓘ science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| governmentInFiction | Republic of Greater East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Battle Royale II: Requiem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
The Hunger Games (franchise)
NERFINISHED
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battle royale video game genre ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adolescence
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authoritarianism ⓘ social control ⓘ survival ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| musicBy | Masamichi Amano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversy
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graphic violence ⓘ influence on battle royale genre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A class of junior high school students is forced by the government to fight to the death on a remote island. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toei Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2000-12-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 113 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kenta Fukasaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | near-future Japan ⓘ |
| setOn | remote island ⓘ |
| starring |
Aki Maeda
NERFINISHED
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Takeshi Kitano NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatsuya Fujiwara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
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