Film record

Battle Royale

Original title: バトル・ロワイアル

2000Feature film113 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Genres
drama film · thriller film · action film · dystopian film · splatter film

Credits

Direction

Kinji Fukasaku — Directing

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara — Acting (七原秋也)
Aki Maeda — Acting (中川典子)
Tarō Yamamoto — Acting (川田章吾)
Masanobu Andō — Acting (桐山和雄)
Kō Shibasaki — Acting (相馬光子)
Chiaki Kuriyama — Acting (千草貴子)
Takeshi Kitano — Acting (キタノ)
Eri Ishikawa — Acting (内海幸枝)
Sayaka Kamiya — Acting (野田聡美)
Asami Kanai — Acting (松井知里)
Anna Nagata — Acting (清水比呂乃)
Satomi Hanamura — Acting (中川有香)
Ai Iwamura — Acting (舞)
Yūko Miyamura — Acting
Takashi Tsukamoto — Acting (三村信史)
Ren Matsuzawa — Acting (飯島敬太)
Gōki — Acting (大木立道)
Shigehiro Yamaguchi — Acting (織田敏憲)
Yukihiro Kotani — Acting (国信慶時)
Yūki Masuda — Acting (黒長博)
Sousuke Takaoka — Acting (杉村弘樹)
Yasuomi Sano — Acting (山本和彦)
Tamaki Mihara — Acting (金井泉)
Yukari Kanasawa — Acting (北野雪子)
Takayo Mimura — Acting (琴弾加代子)
Hitomi Hyuga — Acting (榊祐子)
Aiko Nogami — Acting (藤吉文世)
Mai Sekiguchi — Acting (南佳織)

Writing

Kenta Fukasaku — Screenwriting
Koushun Takami — Screenwriting

Production

Kenta Fukasaku — Production

Music

Masamichi Amano — Music composition

Cinematography

Katsumi Yanagishima — Cinematography

Editing

Hirohide Abe — Editing
Documented participation

Film companies and organizations

Each relationship distinguishes role, territory, medium and period.

Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified
Production

WOWOW

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

No versions have been documented yet.

Releases by territory

Japan · Original release
16 Dec 2000Checked 14 Sep 2026
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