Battle Royale II: Requiem

"This time it's war."

2003 2h 35m JA

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Synopsis

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It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on Christmas Day, killing 8000 people. In order for the government to study the benefits of "teamwork", the new students work in pairs, with their collars electronically linked so that if one of them is killed, the other dies as well. They must kill Nanahara in three days - or die.

“This time it's war.”

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Cast

Shugo Oshinari
Takuma Aoi
Ai Maeda
Shiori Kitano
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Shuya Nanahara
Ayana Sakai
Nao Asakura
Takeshi Kitano
Kitano
Natsuki Kato
Saki Sakurai
Aki Maeda
Noriko Nakagawa
Riki Takeuchi
Riki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenta Fukasaku
Writers: Kenta Fukasaku, Norio Kida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 155 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Battle Royale Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hirohide Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shugo Oshinari and Ai Maeda and Tatsuya Fujiwara carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This time it's war.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0338763 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kenta Fukasaku directs. Hirohide Abe cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 155 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Part of the "Battle Royale Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Hirohide Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Shugo Oshinari and Ai Maeda and Tatsuya Fujiwara carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "This time it's war.".
7IMDB entry: tt0338763 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Editing: Hirohide Abe
Makeup / hair: Yûichi Matsui
Runtime: 155 min · 2h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,080,000
Box office: $14,902,587
Return: 164% of budget
Original language: JA
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

Part of

Battle Royale Collection

In a nightmarish near future, school children in Japan are forced to compete in the ultimate reality show: a battle royale where the last one standing is the winner.