The original Japanese classic Battle Royale is coming to theaters in the United States for its 25th anniversary this Halloween season, Lionsgate has announced this afternoon.
One survivor. No rules. Presented in a crisp new 4K restoration, director Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale (2000) is coming to theaters nationwide October 12, 13 & 15.
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Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu Andō, and Beat Takeshi star in Battle Royale, which paved the way for The Hunger Games.
In the 2000 classic, “In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary Battle Royale Act.”
Quentin Tarantino once described Battle Royale as a movie he wishes he made. “I’m a big fan of the Japanese movie Battle Royale, which is what Hunger Games was based on, well Hunger Games ripped it off. That would have been awesome to have directed Battle Royale,” he said.
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