Battle Royale
“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.
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2 films
Cast
83 people
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)
Known for
Death Note
Arrietty
Aki Maeda
Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
Known for
The Cat Returns
Linda Linda Linda
Takeshi Kitano
Kitano
Known for
Ghost in the Shell
Zatoichi
Taro Yamamoto
Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)
Known for
My Way
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Masanobu Ando
Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)
Known for
Kids Return
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Ko Shibasaki
Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)
Known for
47 Ronin
The Boy and the Heron
Chiaki Kuriyama
Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Exte: Hair Extensions
Takashi Tsukamoto
Shinji Mimura (Boy #19)
Known for
Sadako
Kamen Rider
Sousuke Takaoka
Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)
Known for
13 Assassins
Blue Spring
Yukihiro Kotani
Yôshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7)
Also in
Kids War: Zaken na yo
Kamen Rider
Eri Ishikawa
Yukie Utsumi (Girl #2)
Also in
0 & 1
Kyofu Gakuen: Norowareta Rika-shitsu
Sayaka Kamiya
Satomi Noda (Girl #17)
Also in
N-Girls Vs Vampire
Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella
Kinji Fukasaku Director · Kenta Fukasaku Screenplay Koushun Takami Author
Worldwide gross $31M · Budget $4.5M · United States release October 12, 2025
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$30,600,000
Gross vs. budget
6.8×
Production
Toei Company
Production
WOWOW
Production
AM Associates
Production
Kobi
Production
Nippan Group Holdings
Production
MF Pictures
Production
GAGA Communications
Production
GAGA
Production
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
バトル・ロワイアル
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 16, 2000
Theatrical
United States · March 20, 2012
Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
United States · October 12, 2025
Limited theatrical · 25th anniversary re-release
United States
March 23, 2001 · Premiere · Cleveland International Film Festival
June 12, 2001 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
December 9, 2025 · Physical · 25th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD SteelBook (Lionsgate Limited)
Argentina
August 22, 2002 · Theatrical
Australia
March 20, 2003 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 30, 2002 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 18, 2001 · Theatrical
Chile
October 10, 2002 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 22, 2003 · Theatrical
Finland
October 4, 2002 · Theatrical
France
November 21, 2001 · Theatrical
Germany
April 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Greece
September 26, 2003 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
January 4, 2001 · Theatrical
September 1, 2011 · Theatrical · 3D
July 1, 2021 · Theatrical · 4K
Hungary
February 27, 2007 · Theatrical
Iceland
September 19, 2002 · Theatrical
Indonesia
December 3, 2025 · Premiere · Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Ireland
September 14, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
November 13, 2003 · Premiere · Torino Film Festival
September 1, 2008 · Physical · DVD
October 20, 2022 · Limited theatrical
Japan
April 7, 2001 · Theatrical · Special Edition
November 20, 2010 · Theatrical · 3-D Version
Mexico
January 18, 2001 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 18, 2002 · Theatrical
September 23, 2005 · Physical · DVD
April 13, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
New Zealand
May 28, 2003 · Theatrical
May 28, 2024 · Physical
Norway
October 20, 2002 · Theatrical
Peru
February 6, 2003 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 12, 2014 · Theatrical
Russia
November 8, 2001 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 18, 2001 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 5, 2003 · Theatrical
Spain
August 2, 2002 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 9, 2002 · Premiere · Uppsala Horror Film Festival
January 29, 2003 · Physical · VHS / DVD
October 10, 2012 · Physical · Blu-ray
Taiwan
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
October 16, 2022 · Premiere · 4K Restoration; Kaohsiung Film Festival
October 28, 2022 · Theatrical · 4K Restoration
Türkiye
October 17, 2003 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 14, 2001 · Theatrical
August 1, 2021 · Theatrical · 4K restoration
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