Battle Royale Options

[lovemaki]

Battle Royale is a Japanese movie, not new at all. A movie of love, violence, friendship and many other meanings..



The Story

Unemployment stands at 15% with millions out of work. School violence is out of control and rebellious teenagers stage mass boycotts. The beleaguered government retaliates with Battle Royale.... Each year a randomly chosen class is pitted against itself on an abandoned island in a cruel game of survival.

A boisterous group of 9th graders embarks on a school trip. A typical group of adolescents, they flirt, tease, bully and joke on the bus journey to their destination. Nanahara Shuya, shares cookies with his friends Nobu and Noriko on the way. On arrival, they awake from a drug-induced sleep, to find that they have been hijacked to fight this year's Battle Royale.

A former teacher, Kitano (Beat Takeshi), will oversee the battle. Flanked by gun-toting soldiers, Kitano explains that each student has been fitted with a necklace that monitors their location. It can also explode on command. He casually murders Nobu to make the point.

The rules of this game are simple:

• It lasts three days

• Each player starts out with food, water and a "weapon"

• If more than one player survives, everyone dies

• There is no escape

As the roll call begins, one by one the kids grab backpacks and stumble away towards death or murder. As Noriko picks up her pack, Nanahara quietly urges her to wait for him. When they meet outside they barely have time to compare weapons before a classmate falls on them with a hatchet. In the struggle that follows, Nanahara inadvertently kills the boy. Confused and angry, Nanahara vows to protect Noriko, and to outwit his government's sick experiment by finding a way to survive with his friends.

As the game progresses, terror and panic challenge the students' fragile trust in each other. Some suspect everyone, blindly striking down those who cross their paths. Others form alliances dreaming of a peaceful solution with multiple survivors. Against a tapestry of violence, hope and fear, Nanahara and Noriko begin to fall in love. Despite the game's brutality, the adolescent players maintain their school obsessions with crushes, petty grudges and their dreams. But as the game approaches its shocking final stages, even this semblance of normality disintegrates.

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Cast List

Character
Actor Name


Girls:

01.
Mizuho Inada
Tsuyako Kino$hita


02.
Yukie Utsumi
Eri Ishikawa


03.
Megumi Etou
Sayaka Ikeda


04.
Sakura Ogawa
Tomomi Shimaki


05.
Izumi Kanai
Tamaki Mihara


06.
Yukiko Kitano
Tukari Kanasawa


07.
Yumiko Kusaka
Misao Katou


08.
Kayoko Kotohiki
Takayo Mimura


09.
Yuko Sakaki
Hitomi Hyuga


10.
Hirono Shimizu
Anna Nagata


11.
Mitsuko Souma
Kou Shibasaki


12.
Haruka Tanizawa
Satomi Ishii


13.
Takako Chigusa
Chiaki Kuriyama


14.
Mayumi Tendou
Haruka Nomiyama


15.
Noriko Nakagawa
Aki Maeda


16.
Yuka Nakagawa
Satomi Hanamura


17.
Satomi Noda
Sayaka Kamiya


18.
Fumiyo Fujiyoshi
Aki Inoue


19.
Chisato Matsui
Asami Kanai


20.
Kaori Minami
Mai Sekiguchi


21.
Yoshimi Yahagi
Takako Baba








Boys:



01.
Yoshio Akamatsu
Shin Kusaka


02.
Kieta Iijima
Ren Matsuzawa


03.
Tatsumichi Ohki
Gouki Nishimura


04.
Toshimori Oda
Shigehiro Yamaguchi


05.
Shougo Kawada
Taro Yamamoto


06.
Kazou Kiriyama
Masanobu Ando


07.
Yo$hitoki Kuninobu
Yukihiro Kotani


08.
Youji Kuramoto
Osamu Ohnishi


09.
Hiroshi Kuronaga
Yuuki Masuda


10.
Ryuhei Sasagawa
Shirou Gou


11.
Hiroki Sugimura
Sousuke Takaoka


12.
Yutaka Seto
Yutaka Shimada


13.
Yuuichirou Takaguchi
Junichi Naitou


14.
Shou Tsukioka
Shigeki Hirokawa


15.
Shuya Nanahara
Tatsuya Fujiwara


16.
Kazushi Niida
Hirohito Honda


17.
Mitsuru Numai
Yousuke Shibata


18.
Tadakatsu Hatagami
Satoshi Yokomichi


19.
Shinji Mimura
Takaashi Tsukamoto


20.
Kyouichi Motobuchi
Ryou Nitta


21.
Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Yauomi Sano




Mr. Kitano
Beat Takeshi

Keiko
Minami

Smiling Winner
Ai Iwamura

Shiori Kitano
Ai Maeda

Video Presenter
Yuko Miyamura

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Photos from the movie.....
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...tleroyale01.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...tleroyale02.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo07.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo05.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo35.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo17.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo18.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo19.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo30.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~screamantholog...mos/promo33.jpg


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Video Clip
http://www.vitshield.com/mp3/br_trailer01.mpg


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Site to visit if u're interested
http://www.battleroyaleonline.com/

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warning: this movie is violent

[Ben]

On a scale of one to Ten, how would you rate it? Also when did this movie come out? Seems like a pretty popular movie, it was brought up a few times..

[morphiusx]

I've never seen the movie for myself, but i've heard from alot of people this was a really good flick, but i dunno

[lovemaki]

from Miki's eyes.....


10/10
because
it has many meanings behind the movie. the characters did well. the scenes are also horrifying enough to make us :eek2:

[Nazza]

wow, it sounds so exciting. i will rent it out...if i can find it.

[lovemaki]

wow, it sounds so exciting. i will rent it out...if i can find it.

yeah.....u must!!

[sanjanlan]

neone know where i can find the special edition?

[lovemaki]

probably some online stores like yesasia

[lovemaki]

"Battle Royale" director fights his own battle — cancer


Kinji Fukasaku, the 72-year-old director of the controversial 2000 film "Battle Royale," that deals with school kids killing each other to survive on a deserted island, is fighting advanced cancer. But he says he is determined to make a sequel to the film.

The director recently talked to Shukan Post about his own "battle royale" against cancer.

"The prostate cancer has spread to bones in my head, shoulders, back, rib, hip and thigh, almost everywhere. I take anticancer drugs in the morning and night and get chemotherapy once every two months to try and suppress the cancer cells. However, an acute pain still runs through my back and hip, so I have to take morphine," he said.

"Sometimes I think I'm going to faint. I cannot think clearly and my life appears to be hazy. This is very depressing, so I quit taking the morphine. You might think I am crazy for wanting to keep making films," he said.

"When I finished 'Battle Royale,' I knew I still wanted to work. Having cancer was one thing; having something unfinished in my life leaves me with an unpleasant feeling. I did not want to conclude my life with any regrets. I thought an action sequel to 'Battle Royale' would satisfy that desire," he concluded.

Fukasaku says some people tried to talk him out of it by saying that it would be impossible to make an action movie in his condition. "But I don't mind if I die during the shoot. I am emotionally prepared for the last moment," he said.

Fukasaku graduated from Nihon University, College of Art and joined the movie company Toei Co in 1953. He has directed many hit movies, including the "Jingi Naki Tatakai" series, "Kamata Koshinkyoku" and "Battle Royale." If he completes "Battle Royale II," it will be his 61st work.

Fukasaku recalled when he first learned he had cancer. He had started to feel some pain in his stomach in 1996 when he completed "Chushingura Gaiden - Yotsuya Kaidan." His doctor diagnosed it as gallstones. After a short while, the doctor told him that in fact he had prostate cancer.

"When I heard that, it did not surprise me. I thought the doctor was fooling around and told him to stop joking," Fukasaku recalled. "On the other hand, I thought I should treat my body better, but I didn't know much about cancer and I kept drinking and smoking as usual.

"I am not sure which is the best thing to do for a man like me — quit such follies and hope to live longer or continue to do whatever I like. Every one of us has different values, I do not know what is right and wrong. Either way, it is not so important for me now since it is too late."

Fukasaku said that if the cancer had been detected a little earlier, he might have got four or five years more. "But so what? Everyone dies sooner or later, so four or five years wouldn't make much difference," he shrugged.

Fukasaku said he is basically fed up with the treatment. After an operation to partially remover the cancer, he left hospital three months later. "Little did I know the exhausting ongoing treatment that awaited me. I was exposed to radiation and that was painful. I wondered wht my doctor didn't tell me that. My physical energy kept dropping."

Throughout his treatment, Fukasaku made "Omocha," followed by a TV documentary, "Monokuu hitobito" (1999), and then "Battle Royale." "I have been working with cancer for the past 3-4 years," he said. "I have sometimes felt that I should change my lifestyle. But during that time, I was never able to see the image of my deathbed in my mind."

Describing Fukasaku's illness, Yoshinobu Tsubota, a professor at the School of Medical Education in Urology at Yokohama City University, said: "Primary bone cancer is rare. More commonly, bones are the site of tumors that result from the spread of cancer from another organ, such as the breasts, lungs, and prostate. Symptoms may vary depending on the location and size of the cancer.

"Tumors that occur in or near joints may cause swelling or tenderness in the affected area. Bone cancer can also interfere with normal movements and can weaken the bones, occasionally leading to a fracture. Other symptoms may include fatigue, fever, weight loss, and anemia. Patients are usually diagnosed by a biopsy, X-rays or other imaging tests to avoid metastasis," said Tsubota.

Fukasaku will start filming "Battle Royale II" in December. "I'm emotionally ready for death. Now I want to have some fun and nothing gives me as much pleasure as making a movie. It was a great pleasure for me to make the first one with such cheerful children and see their growth throughout the period. 'Battle Royale' is the most loved of my works. So I'm going to throw as much of myself as I can into the sequel."

Reflecting on his life, Fukasaku said he would like to have lived life and left it with good grace but "I am inconsistent. I like to live and leave life disgracefully. I am afraid that when God pushes C for clear on the calculator of my life, I'll go out like the men in 'Jinginaki Tatakai' — dying like a worm at the end. Well, if it is my life, I have to accept it as it is." (Translated by Sachie Kanda)


http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=shukan&id=149

[Ichiban]

That movie is the best!

:cry: :cry: :cry:
R.I.P.
#2 Utsumi Yukie
:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Ek-ek]

:deal: This topic was already posted once.and this is the second time I see this again. :heh:

[lovemaki]

BR2 is shooting now!! the director is with cancer. hopes that he will be fine!

[Ek-ek]

:deal: this topic is all over the forums.

[Ben]

Damn I just saw this movie... Shiet IT was MAD good! Betrayal, killings, love story.. it has everything.. :eek2: Damn what a good movie..

[Ek-ek]

:heh: Yes, That's why Its in all over forum sites.When did you watched it.

[Ice]

Very good movie. Definitely worth checking out ^^

[Jenn]

saw this movie several times over the summer. I don't see why we can't show it in the US!

[pOkGuY]

yall should buy the directors cut thats avaliable at yesasia.com

[F.L.A.]

unfortunatly I've never seen the movie :heh:

I hope that in the future it will be on air.. :eek:

I've read other's post, I've already hearing about it and It must be
very very good!!

[Iron Chef Oi]

I own a copy of BR and its awesome! Is BR2 going to be finished I heard the director died of cancer