Battle Royale

Abandoned island summer air thick with gunfire a school bus idles. Ninth-grade students stand nervously armed. Kinji Fukasaku directs this thriller.

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Kinji Fukasaku directed Battle Royale in 2000. See Kinji Fukasaku's full filmography, where to start with Kinji Fukasaku, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinji Fukasaku.

Battle Royale was released in 2000 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 113 minutes.