Starring: I: Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Kou Shibasaki; II: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shugo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai, Haruka Suenaga
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English/Chinese/Malay
Media Type: NTSC; Widescreen 16:9, All Region
No of CDs: 1 DVD
Battle Royale I (2000): At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of collapse. Unemployment is endemic and school violence is out of control. 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. The rules of the game are simple: 1) it lasts three days; 2) Each player starts with food, water and a "weapon"; 3) if more than one player survives, everyone dies (by detonating special electronic necklaces; 4) there is no escape. As the game progresses, terror and panic challenge the students' fragile trust in each other. But despite the game's brutality, the adolescent players remain obsessed with their crushes, their petty grudges - and their dreams...
Battle Royale II (2003): Three years have passed since the infamous Battle Royale massacre, and one of the kids that survived the bloody game – Shuya Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara) – has set up a terrorist group, declaring war on Japan’s adults. A new game is established by the government, and the 42 randomly-selected school kids are this time given the task of storming the terrorists' island fortress to kill Nanahara within three days – or they themselves will be terminated.