In the near-future, following a major recession and high unemployment rate, the Japanese government has passed the "BR ACT" to curb the nation's juvenile delinquency, which takes a random class of delinquent … See more

• Tatsuya Fujiwara as Shuya Nanahara
• Aki Maeda as Noriko Nakagawa
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Controversies
Fukasaku originally opposed the R15+ rating given by the Eiga Rinri Kanri Iinkai (Eirin) … See more

Box office
During the first weekend, it grossed ¥212 million ($1.8 million). It went on to domestically gross ¥3.11 billion ($28.9 million), making it the third highest-grossing Japanese film of 2001, after the anime films Spirited Away See more

Casting
Roughly 6,000 actors auditioned for the film, which was narrowed down to 800 potential cast members. These finalists were subjected to a 6-month period of physical fitness training under supervision of the director, Kinji … See more

Sasebo slashing controversy
The creators of the sequel postponed the release of the DVD (originally scheduled for June 9, 2004) to later that year because of the See more

In 2009, Quentin Tarantino listed Battle Royale as his favorite film released since he began directing in 1992. That same year, Moviefone included it in the top three of its "50 Best Movies of the Decade" list. Jon Condit of Dread Central called it "one of the best movies … See more