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Battle Royale(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-12-16
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3686 Votes
Time: 1h 53m
Could you kill your best friend?
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Budget: $4,500,000.00
Revenue: $30,600,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
AM Associates
Kobi
MF Pictures
Movie: Battle Royale
Top 10 Billed Cast
藤原竜也
Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)
前田亜季
Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
ビートたけし
Kitano
山本太郎
Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)
安藤政信
Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
柴咲コウ
Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)
栗山千明
Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)
塚本高史
Shinji Mimura (Boy #19)
高岡蒼佑
Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)
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25th Anniversary ICONIC Theatrical Re-Release Official Trailer [Subtitled]
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25th Anniversary | In Theaters October 12, 13, & 15 [Subtitled]
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