バトル・ロワイアル
Could you kill your best friend?
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.
Battle Royale (2000) is a drama, thriller and action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, released on December 16, 2000 with a runtime of 1h 53m. It stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano and Taro Yamamoto. Viewers rate it 7.3 out of 10 across 3,936 ratings.
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Tatsuya Fujiwara
as Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)
Aki Maeda
as Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
Takeshi Kitano
as Kitano
Taro Yamamoto
as Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)
Masanobu Ando
as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Ko Shibasaki
as Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)
Chiaki Kuriyama
as Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)
Takashi Tsukamoto
as Shinji Mimura (Boy #19)
Sousuke Takaoka
as Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)
Yukihiro Kotani
as Yôshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7)
Eri Ishikawa
as Yukie Utsumi (Girl #2)
Sayaka Kamiya
as Satomi Noda (Girl #17)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, written by Koushun Takami and Kenta Fukasaku, produced by Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku and Kimio Kataoka.
Average viewer score of 7.3/10 from 3,936 ratings.
75/100 A Japanese film about a government sanctioned contest where a 9th grade class is dropped on a deserted island and the last one alive gets to go home. I found the film to be quite entertaining partly because it was exactly what I expected it to be ...a well above average example of the "last-man-standing" concept. Much better than most, it presents a good deal of satire along with being quite bloody violent.…
Reviewed on March 10, 2026
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Battle Royale (2000) is available to stream on Philo, BFI Player Amazon Channel and MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Battle Royale (2000) includes Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto and Masanobu Ando. The film was directed by Kinji Fukasaku. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Battle Royale was released on December 16, 2000 and runs for 1h 53m.
Battle Royale (2000) holds an average rating of 7.3 out of 10 from 3,936 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama, thriller and action films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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