With schoolchildren boycotting their classes and physically abusing their teachers, a beleaguered and near-defeated government decides to introduce a radical new measure; Battle Royale Act. Overseen by their former teacher, Kitano's randomly chosen school class is taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death, with only one pupil allowed to survive.

Battle Royale is based on a book by Koushun Takami. In the near-future Japan, the nation collapsed, with 15% Unemployment, 10 million people are out of work, and 800,000 students boycotting school. The adults lost confidence and fearing the youth, passed a new law. The Millenium Educational Reform Act, also known as the BR Act.

Battle Royale was adapted into a 2000 feature film of the same name, directed by Kinji Fukasaku and written by his son Kenta Fukasaku. The film was also controversial and successful, with it being condemned by members of Japan's National Diet on grounds of it being harmful to the youth, yet becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films.

Battle Royale Plot Summary. The book Battle Royale is insanely entertaining non stop action book. The story starts off with forty two students in a bus on the way to their study trip. Third Year Class B. of Shiroiwa Junior High School had decided to go on a study trip. The trip consisted of forty two students, the teacher, and the bus driver.

Battle Royale is a Japanese horror thriller film that was released on December 16, 2000. It was based on the novel which was released on April 22, 1999 in Japan. The film was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and features Takeshi Kitano and Chiaki Kuriyama.

A year later their class is taken to a remote island under the pretense of being taken on a field trip. They learn that they are to be participants in the annual Battle Royale, a three day fight to the death until the emergence of a victor - the last person standing, it you will.

The story about a class of 42 ninth-graders legally sanctioned to engage in a barbarous fight to the death on a remote island for three days features some of the most extreme and alarming acts of violence ever committed to celluloid.