Battle
Royale is Kinji Fukasaku's film based upon the novel by
Koushon Takami about a highschool class who are used as
an example by the government as what happens when the
youth of Japan defy their elders. Class B are sent to
a deserted island where their teacher Kitano (played with
comic menace by Beat Takeshi)awaits them. They are given
the mission to kill each other off, with only one survivor
allowed who will stand as an example to the rest of Japan's
deviant teenagers.
With
a cast including the gorgeous Masanobu Ando (Kiriyama) Takashi
Tsukamoto (Mimura) and Tatsuya Fujiwara (Shuya) This film
needs fanfiction ^_^
BR
is avalible on DVD and video from most HMV, Virgin and MVC.
Part
horror, part romance and all action- Battle Royale is unlike
any movie you'll ever see. It raises the frightening question-