Battle Royale is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray release on December 9.
Featuring artwork by Oliver Barrett, the four-disc set is available for $39.99 exclusively from Lionsgate Limited.
Both the 113-minute theatrical version and the 121-minute director’s cut are presented in 4K with DolbyVision HDR and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio.
New special features:
- Kenta Fukasaku on Battle Royale
- Battle Royale: The Ripples of Violence
Director’s Cut legacy special features:
- The Making of Battle Royale
- Battle Royale Press Conference
- Instructional Video: Birthday Version
- Audition & Rehearsal Footage
- Special Effects Comparison
Theatrical Version legacy special features:
- Tokyo International Film Festival 2000
- Battle Royale Documentary
- Basketball Scene Rehearsals
- Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
- Filming on Set
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Special Edition TV Spot
- Tarantino TV Spot
In the near future, the economy has collapsed, unemployment has soared, and juvenile crime has exploded. Fearful of their nation’s youth, the Japanese government passes The BR Law: Each year, a 9th grade class is sent to a remote island where they will be locked into exploding neck collars, given a random weapon, and forced to hunt and kill each other until there is only one survivor left.
The 2000 Japanese dystopian thriller is directed by Kinji Fukasaku and written by Kenta Fukasaku, based on the 1999 novel by Koushun Takami.
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu Andō, and Beat Takeshi lead the ensemble cast.
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