Battle Royale
Could you kill your best friend?
2000 | 113m | Japanese
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Kinji Fukasaku |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 16, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Writer: | Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku |
| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | japan, based on novel or book, asia, island, dystopia, high school, survival, tragedy, soldier, battle, death match, school class, japanese, extreme violence, psychological, death game |
| Production Companies | Nippan Group Holdings, GAGA Communications, Toei Company, AM Associates, Kobi, MF Pictures, WOWOW |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $30,600,000
Budget: $4,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 08, 2026 Entered: Sep 28, 2025 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tatsuya Fujiwara | Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15) |
| Aki Maeda | Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15) |
| Takeshi Kitano | Kitano |
| Taro Yamamoto | Shogo Kawada (Boy #5) |
| Masanobu Ando | Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6) |
| Ko Shibasaki | Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11) |
| Chiaki Kuriyama | Takako Chigusa (Girl #13) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Akira Rizawa | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Koichi Hirai | Set Decoration |
| Mizuki Ito | Sound Effects Editor, Foley Artist |
| Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Koushun Takami | Novel |
| Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
| Rena Grady | Makeup Artist |
| Masamichi Amano | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Kenta Fukasaku | Screenplay |
| Motoki Ishida | Production Manager |
| Kikuo Notomi | Pyrotechnician, Armorer |
| Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Kunio Ando | Sound |
| Akihiko Okase | Foley Artist |
| Dragon Ash | Theme Song Performance |
| Tetsuo Ôya | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 加藤義一 | Still Photographer |
| Katsumi Yanagijima | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kinji Fukasaku | Producer |
| Hisao Nabeshima | Producer |
| Kenta Fukasaku | Producer |
| Kimio Kataoka | Producer |
| Masumi Okada | Producer |
| Chie Kobayashi | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 38 | 20 |
| 2024 | 5 | 33 | 44 | 22 |
| 2024 | 6 | 36 | 60 | 18 |
| 2024 | 7 | 41 | 68 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 28 | 43 | 21 |
| 2024 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 17 |
| 2024 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 28 | 51 | 18 |
| 2024 | 12 | 26 | 47 | 15 |
| 2025 | 1 | 36 | 48 | 26 |
| 2025 | 2 | 23 | 34 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 440 | 727 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 316 | 793 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 233 | 724 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 373 | 688 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 685 | 709 |