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Absolute masterpiece! This film makes The Hunger Games feel like Fortnight.
Yeah ppl thought Hunger Games was shocking nah!! There are films like it but more graphic & I read the books of it too
it’s possible to like battle royale and the hunger games at the same time, apart from teens killing each other the hunger games and battle royale are *nothing* alike.
I actually quite like both. Battle Royale is much darker and far more gory. But I connected more with the characters in The Hunger Games. (Which I assume has a lot to do with the language barrier as I definitely still connected to the characters in Battle Royale just not quite as much.)
I specifically enjoy the first Hunger Games book _and_ film. I thought the scene where Katniss (As well as the rest of the tributes.) entered the Games via the countdown was handled so extremely well. My heart was in my throat. (Also because I knew what was about to happen and I had no idea how they were gonna handle murdering all of the kids.)
Anyway, for as similar as they happen to be in concepts (Again, specifically the first Hunger Games book/film.) the two films are so very different. And I enjoy both for different reasons!
They're both shiet
@@el34glo59 awful take
I wish you guys had seen the uncut version or known about Mitsuko more. She's truly my favorite character because of her very tragic background. Raped, pimped out, among many other traumas. In the uncut version there is a scene where the class won a basketball match. Everyone was celebrating, hugging each other and stuff. Mitsuko wanted to join in, but she realized no one in the class liked her, so she just stepped back, alone, looking at them. Gosh, it was so heartbreaking for me to see.
My favorite part of this movie is how the writer to Hunger Games 'totally never heard of it and totally didn't rip it off'.
I've always felt why the teacher had a thing for the girl was that she was the only kid he knew that was worth a damn. That didn't "act up". So he was rooting for her to now only win but to stay pure. Don't know if you wanted the director's cut or the normal version. But in the director's cut, the teacher was shown to have this relationship with his daughter deteriorate during the course of the movie. That was who was calling him all throughout. So he was using the one girl almost like the daughter he wished he had.
Fun fact: This is one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite films
Makes since why he got the actress for GoGo in Kill Bill.
You can see the similarities in the ott deaths in this and kill bill
The girl in the yellow tracksuit is Gogo in kill bill volume one and gets killed by Beatrix who is in a yellow outfit. Swings and roundabouts lol
Man of Culture tbh
This is his most favourite movie of all time!
10:18 - Keiko didn't betray or turn on Sawada. The collars were about to kill both of them. She shot him in what she hoped was a non-fatal location to get him to think she was betraying him , or goad him into killing her. So that at least he would live , instead of them both dying.
It’s “Kawada”
In the special edition Mitsuko's character gets a backstory in the form of a flashback as well. It shows her as a little girl coming home to her mother who got paid to wh0re her out to an old perv. That's why she's so messed up and sleeps around a lot and cuts off boys' gen1tals and is just generally a fun girl: She's used to surviving.
In the original novel they do actually flesh out the antagonist. He suffered from trauma in a car accident while he was in the womb and he flips a coin at the start of the game to decide whether he would destroy the game or play it. Also the Teacher is completely original to the movie, and I will say for creating a character with no frame of reference and having him be as big of a role as he is without necessarily compromising the integrity of the rest of the work is pretty impressive.
That man needs some serious therapy..
I seem to recall the teacher being in the book, or some equivalent character-still takes a pencil to the neck John Wick style.
@@JnEricsonx Yeah that Character is a Manager of the game appointed by the government who has no personal connection to the students.
I don't know if someone already mentioned this before but the extended version included a flashback scene where thee psycho girl's mother sold her sexually to an older man for drugs, and in self defense she killed him to avoid being raped and that's what made her crazy. I wish it was kept in the main movie since its the difference between her atleast having a reason for being the way she is and her just being a complete psychopath
I always felt bad for mitsuko, even though she was seen as “crazy”. You can tell she was an outsider and was tenacious her entire life. It shows in that scene that you’ve mentioned that she’s always had to fight to survive. So, this just seemed like her life
Yeah. She pushed him down the stairs.
Try reading the manga. Holy christ.
And the way she actually wanted to be a part of the class but could only watch the rest hugged each other after winning a basketball match. So sad. :(
The girl in the yellow "Bruce Lee" jumper is the one that played Go-Go in Kill Bill Vol.1 which Uma wore a "Bruce Lee" jumper in that movie.
"HOW IS SHE MISSING?!"
She's not aiming. She's just waving the gun back and forth. 😆
since there are a lot of comparisons to hunger games here in the comments, what i think makes battle royale hit harder and evoke way more emotion is that these kids knew each other before they got onto the island, i mean classmates and some even knew each other since they were really young. it's just a lot sadder than killing some nameless person you've never met before.
Also in the Hunger Games a bunch of the kids actually wanted to play the game and it was very us vs them. Here there were only a couple kids like that and many of the deaths happened between friends, like you said, while in the Hunger Games it was done almost exclusively by the careeers. This one also explores many ways of dealing with this situation while the Hunger Games focused heavily on just two characters.
Hush nerd
The book it’s based on goes into a lot more detail in the individual stories for students. Really makes the turn for them to start killing each other more tragic. The movie is classic too.
@Misanthropic_Nihilist The novel is waay better than the movie. There’s a manga too. The manga is as excellent as the novel. Give them an opportunity! You won’t regret.
Definitely agree! The book is fantastic and makes you really care about a bunch of the students, and Kiriyama is a hell of a lot scarier as well.
the whle "its been done to death" agrument isnt really something you can hold against this film.
This was the first one to do it, then everyone else ripped it off.
ITs not the movies fault that YOU didnt watch this before the other ones.
Fortnite child: "Oh wow, a Japanese Fortnite movie!"
Me: "LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT"
Actually, this was the whole hunger games argument.
i think tarantino said this is one of if not his favorite movie of all time.
He sure did
He didn’t, he said one of his favourite films of this genre..
@@VictorLugosi he literally ranked it as his #1 film in a 30 year span.
I'd recommend the *Special Edition* of Battle Royale over the Theatrical Cut. It adds flashbacks to the class bonding over basketball, reveals character arcs through dream sequences and more is explained, e.g. the teacher favors Noriko because she was well-behaved + punctual to lessons, and the female villain Mitsuko was sexually abused as a child. The extended cut is more emotionally layered than the theatrical one; it shows when the class worked as a team.
special edition?
@@jjp629 Yeah, it's more like a Director's Cut actually. It gives context and background to their lives in school and before they got into the island.
@@jjp629 Yes, there's a DVD/Blu-ray version called Battle Royale: Special Edition that shows the extended version (Director's Cut) over the shorter theatrical version.
You know the whole movie is a one big allegory, full of smaller hidden (and not so hidden) opinions on Japanese society.
So it's not pure splatterfest :D
It especially takes large swings at older generations attitudes towards youth.
Those allegories are just very difficult to know unless you're Japanese :)
Battle Royale makes Hunger Games look like a cartoon.
Regarding the missing of easy shots - you'd be surprised. I've never shot anyone, but the recoil is nasty and the volume is loud enough to disorient anyone without significant training, especially without ear protection. These are high school girls holding automatic weapons with one hand. They aren't hitting anyone.
Fun fact, Kawada (the guy with the shotgun) is running for governor of Tokyo today. He's a pretty well known politician these days
So, he's a Japanese "Gouvernator", like Schwarzenegger?
@@Scarycrow89 not yet, but he’s trying to lol
Meanwhile the guy who played Shuya is SHishio on the Kenshin movies-which I really need to finish watching, only seen the first two I think.
He is?!?!? I live here and didn't know that 😂
Fun fact- that painting is actually by the guy who played the teacher lol.., he’s Takeshi Kitano- one of the most famous people in Japan- he’s made loads of films- he’s a director, writer, actor, dies the artwork and sometimes the music in his movies, he also produces tv shows- Takeshi’s Castle is his show, and he used to be a comedian in a duo called “the two beats” and he’s known as “Beat Takeshi”- look him up in wiki and IMDb, there’s a few of his own movies worth checking out-he mages quite slow moving low key weird gangster films but has also made a Zatoichi movie and comedys and all sorts..he’s definitely an egomaniac, starring in pretty much everything he directs...and his company sometimes act like gangsters and years back actually went and trashed and wrecked a newspaper office after they put negative stuff about him in the press
also the video game designer of the notorious "Takeshi's Challenge"
This was Kinji Fukasaku's last movie (he died the first day of shooting the very shitty sequel), and I love that this movie about school students murdering each others was made by a 70 years old man... with his son writing the script. But Fukasaku was always fond of rebellious or extreme characters. He was one of the greatest japanese directors, especialy for his gangsters movies from the seventies. They are even more violent and agressively shot : he was one of the best in the world to use handheld shots and tilted frames, showing dozens of people brawling each other like madmen or emptying entire clips in their victims bodies. Check out Battles without Honor and Humanity, Graveyard of Honor, Under the Flag of the Rising Sun or Cops vs Thugs. They are bleak, uncompromising visions of the underbelly of japanese society and some of the best films ever made. And he is one of Quentin Tarentino's faves ( the japanese cut of Kill Bill features a dedication to him in the opening credits).
The teacher wasn't into the girl that way, she was the only good student so he sees her as an angel. Don't forget kids are all unruly and delinquents hence why they started Battle Royale to begin with. She doesn't belong in it which is why he protects her when he can.
Haven't seen any comments mention it but being fellow brits I'm sure you'll both know the show...the Teacher is the legendary madman and troll god Takeshi...yes. Thats Takeshi.
He invented and made Takeshis Castle. The absurd and hilarious Japanese game show.
He is the same lunatic. A madman.
A God.
ohhh shit, i remember yeah i did hear he did star this movie lol!!
I dont think its ment to be a romantic thing.
Shes just a good person and a good student.
Something that has been completely lacking in the last decades and so he rooted for her.
In many way she may very well have been the one student that made him not give up teaching.
A flickering light in utter darkness.
There is absolutely strong admiration there, but I dont think its romantic.
Japan has a weird culture for a westerner looking in.
But Ive always got the impression he saw her more as a daughter.
Especially considering the absolute shit relation he has with his actual one.
I think thats the only reason they actually included his actual daughter in the script, in order to make that juxtaposition.
By the way, Battle Royale is based of a novel. And my god is it brutal, the manga follows the plot bit by bit and...uff.. its...heavy as fuck
Yeah a Manga series. And they did make a sequel, but it was terrible.
As said below, if you watch the Special Edition, you end up feeling really sorry for Mitsuko. I hated her the first goodness knows how many times I saw it, and, once I found out her backstory, I felt really sorry for her.
How she was sold to old men for sex by her mother when she was little and that she just wants in her own words from the book i don't want to be a loser .shes crazy but not atually evil by the way spoilers for the book
Fun Fact: Battle Royal is Quentin Tarantiono's favourite movie. I can see why and not only for the obvious reason.
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YES! Absolute masterpiece!
YES!!! Greetings from Oklahoma 🐄
Quentin Tarantino said that this is his favorite movie of all time, and that he wishes he could have made it.
My favorite moment, hands down, is the Lighthouse scene. How quickly they are to turn against eachother while the true perpetrator survives the whole deal and can't stand her guilt. That scene made me feel feelings I never felt before, and so I really love this movie.
You should read the novel and mangas ("Battle Royale" 15 volumes and spin off manga "Angels' Border" which is only about the Lighthouse girls) the movie is based on!
This is what Kinji Fukasaku, director of this movie, saw during the WWII. The setting of this movie is pretty ridiculous if you see it seriously, but many kids died by the unreasonable adults in the war time just like this movie.
You should've watched the Director's Cut, it gives more depth to the Mitsuko character's backstory. She was sexually abused as a child & was an outcast in school.
The cheesy bit about running at the end is probably in there because the book makes a lot of mentions of Springsteen’s song “Born To Run.” The book adds a lot more depth to the characters and the sort of dystopian version of Japan they live in. If that interests you, I would recommend it. Obviously a two-hour movie isn’t going to be able to spend a whole lot of time explaining everyone’s motivations.
If you like gory + Japanese, I would also recommend Ichi the Killer, although I remember nothing about it except that it’s gory and Japanese. (I’m sure it had a plot. It’s been almost 20 years since I watched it.)
右「俺のクラスだったら俺が生き残るけどな」
左「じゃあお前から殺すことにするわ」
で笑った。
間違ってるで
右「俺のクラスだったら俺は生き残れないと思う」
左「俺が殺すからな」
今見ても色褪せない名作。小学生の時に見て衝撃を受けた作品。
この作品のビートたけしの演技が好きで最後のシーンは脳内に焼き付いて離れないくらいです
この作品R-15やで
@@kmsc9457
前に漫画を読んでたのでトラウマになるほどではありませんでした
Wow I’m finding out Asian horror/action films are underrated, what a movie this was
I don’t know if anyone mentioned it, but a foreign film that I would recommend to watch is “Run Lola Run” 1998.
The male antagonist, Kazuo, was a very different character in the original novel. He was severely brain-damaged in utero, and as such, could not feel any emotion. He was a member of the class rather than a volunteer, and decided to kill his peers based on the flip of a coin.
Really? I don't remember that, which is clearly a sign that I need to reread the novel.
People should read the manga also lol that takes the violence to a whole new crazy level and gives a bit more back story
@@20tom09gt Also something that I need to reread.
Battle Royale is definitely a blast! Loved the novel. Another foreign film I recommend is Train to Busan, and a SUPER creepy one that's given me nightmares called Terrifier. But anyways, good video guys!
In the novel, Kiriyama is actually one of their classmates. He was the intelligent, quiet guy in their class. Shogo also starts out as a student in their class that transferred there from earlier in the school year.
彼等が何を喋ってるか全く分からないが、リアクションだけで全部見てしまった。
自分も何を言ってるかわからないけど言いたい事が分かります。
Tom: "And just like that she's dead? Are you mad?"
Shaun: "Yeah"
Tom: "She needs a better death than that."
*Girl opens her eyes*
Tom: *Surprised pikachu face*
Great reaction, Shaun and Tom! I remember I watched this film when I was 14 or 15 and thinking how violent it was. Doesn't seem the case 15 years later but still remains one of the most memorable films for me.
Battle Royale has been one of my favourite films for years now and I was waiting for someone to react to it 😩 I’m glad it was you guys, you always have interesting insights about the films you watch and I enjoyed your thoughts at the end.
I don’t know if you knew this, but BR is originally a book, that I totally recommend, if you enjoy reading. All the stories are more developed and you get at least one chapter about each of the 42 students, which helps you understand their actions, why some decided to play and some didn’t. It’s a bit different from the film, though -for example, Shogo and Kazuo are both students. Kazuo is the rich, ‘cool’ leader of the ‘popular’ kids, and you are eventually told why he is so cold and willing to play the game. You also get Shogo’s and Mitsuko’s backstories (my favourite ones) as well as the others’s. It’s pretty easy to read and different enough from the film that it doesn’t get boring. Plus Born to Run is the unofficial soundtrack (Shuya keeps quoting the song to himself throughout the book lmao) which I think makes it ten times cooler.
At 7:13 Shinji didn’t land the wrong way -when he noticed they had no way out, he decided to blow up the truck, sacrificing himself, in order to kill Kazuo. Also, I get why the final scene seems corny, but I think it was the best way to show the end of the book. The complete run of the film (director cuts included) is, I believe,over 30 minutes longer. They mostly cut flashbacks and I guess some of those explain why the teacher likes Noriko over the others. She’s the only student who was ever kind to him and I guess he liked her over his daughter. Anyway, sorry for the rant, I just got super excited when I saw the notification 🥰 thank you for this reaction!✨✨✨
I was mid-college when this came out and I remember it being this internet word-of-mouth sort of thing. Whilst there had been dystopian settings before and possibly even kid related as well there was something illicit and forbidden about this movie. We snagged a digital copy and it spread through the dorms to cinema-minded folk. Just couldn't believe they could go "there." Of course now there's been multiple versions of the concept and a sequel (which doesn't carry nearly the same impact) but at this time this was a wild watch.
Glad you liked it!! This movie has it all: the quirky dark humor, the subtle critic on the educational system, the sketchy yet approachable stories on multiple characters, the action and gory scenes (never taking itself too serious on that)! One of the best movies to watch multiple times, never gets old :)
I really recommend reading the book, especially for Kiriyama's story. He's actually an original student in the school AND his backstory is super interesting, like Mitsuko. It is pretty much exactly as you'd guessed...
One of the most compelling novels I've ever read. Can also say, having seen the film first didn't spoil the book at all for me.
Fun fact: The actor who plays the main character Shuya, Tatsuya Fujiwara, is in a ton of Manga/novel adaptions in Japan. He's in both Battle Royale and it's sequel, he plays one of the leads in 4 live action Japanese Death Note movies, he plays one of the main villains in 2 Rurouni Kenshin movies, he's done voice work for animated Pokemon movies, a Lupin The Third animated movie, as well as voice work for the Yakuza games, and Japanese voice dubs for Stuart Little, Disney movies and Independence Day.
He's one of my favourites from Japan, just because he's popped up in so many things I love.
If you read the manga or novel, you get more insight on some things, for instance the "winning" gets the life savings of all those who died (i believe this was novel only), it's broadcast around the world and people place bets on who's going to survive. I know for fact you get history on a good chunk of the students in the manga. Kiriyama has a very interesting history and you get an understanding about Mitsuko and why she is the way she is.
The uncut is way better, but it's a masterpiece regardless, as for the bit in the city, that was needed because it explains the sequel. yes they are still alive and there is a sequel that wraps it all up. well nice reaction though.
Yea I seen a few of they vids. They ranking is kind of all over place lmfao.
Battle Royale is a classic! One of my favourite movies of all time!
19:57 Most assume, but I once read that he actually sees her as a daughter, and it also reflects on how his own wife and daughter aren't really loving towards him.
Also, in the sequel, the teacher's daughter is played by the real life sister of Noriko, so they look similar and there could be the connection made of why he sees her differently.
This is legit my favorite movie and my favorite book. I've always loved this movie and it's awesome. I hate to say this movie and the book are underrated since they are still reasonably popular, but in real life, no one EVER knows what I'm talking about when I mention Battle Royale. Even though this was the inspiration for Kill Bill and the Battle Royale video game genre. Both Kinji and Kenta Fukasaku put their hearts and souls into this movie and you can tell. All the actors too! I actually was able to talk to the actor who played Nobu for a speech project I was doing and I loved hearing what he said on it.
If you wanna see the characters more fleshed out, DEFINITELY read the book. Koushun Takami is awesome and both translations that are out are great. And everyone's been recommending the BTS (which is great, watch those), but also watch the press conference they held. Again, hearing how they present the movie is so insightful.
I just love this movie man, it's really one that makes you think.
I highly recommend watching other Takeshi Kitano films. He rose to stardom as a comedian in Japan, but is now more well known for his movies, and especially his portrayal of Yakuza gangsters in Japanese cinema. For a coming of age story, I recommend 'Kids Return'. For a samurai story, I recommend Zatoichi. And for an experimental Yakuza movie I recommend Fireworks (Hanabi) or Sonatine.
Thank you for the great content!
Hanabi and Sonatine were so crazy! They way they’d just stand there shooting at each other 😱
@@HistoritorJimaldus They are very experimental and explosive films, not the run of the mill direct violence!
Fun fact, all the paintings in Hanabi and the painting near the end of Battle Royale was painted by Takeshi Kitano. He suffered a motorcycle accident that left him in a wheelchair, much like the movie Fireworks, he learned how to paint.
The accident is also why you will see a twitch in his acting performances, which somehow adds even more mystery and menace to the characters he portrays.
The man can make you laugh (Takeshi's castle), do action movies (Zatoichi) or break your heart ( Dolls). Legend.
I still like the OG Zatoichi films more.
React to "Funny Games". It's a thriller movie with the antagonist breaking the 4th wall creepily. You'll love it. There's 2 version of it, the original(1997) and the english version(2007). You can choose to watch either of the 2. Both versions are amazing.
One of my *ALL TIME* favorite movie tbh. First watched it when I was super young and I already knew it was a timeless *masterpiece* 👌
My favorite movie, entire of my life, no one can take its place, ever. Also please watch the special edition.
Nerd
You should watch the Japanese movie "Audition." It's .... just check it out.
Thanks for the giving memories I wanted to forget
@@LPSCANDY10 sorry about that
Oh god yessss
no please hahahah
🦶🦶🦶🦶
There are no spoilers. Just watch this making-of video. The kids are friendly and happy to be filming. Well, I get to be in the movie, so that's a big treat.The director was a master of yakuza movies, but in his later years, he wanted to make a more shocking movie, so he worked on this one.The teacher is played by Kitano, who is known worldwide as a film director.
When the film was released in Japan, a social group of teachers and parents campaigned against it and it became a social issue. The drama is well done, but the content of the film is naturally problematic since the children are killing each other. Legend has it that Tarantino tried to make an American version of this, but gave up because it was too radical to be approved. However, the narrative form has been inherited by many films.
In the second half of the film, there are words from the director that refute these opposition movements. Also, the candid words of children who aspire to become actors add value to this documentary work.
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The making of is a gem. I loved it as much as the film
Hard boiled. It's the pinnacle of Asian action movies. It has the best gunfights in cinema
AMEN. The Killer, ABT 1 and 2 ride behind it.
@@JnEricsonx a better tomorrow is ridiculously under rated
@@IXSICNESS John Woo was badly wasted here in the US. I liked Broken Arrow and Face Off a lot, but they don't hold a candle to his HK work. Hell, he re-used a bunch of bits from Hard Boiled for Hard Target.
@@JnEricsonx yeah Hollywood took a guy known for his over the top and excellent action choreography and said "all we want is the doves"
I haven't read the book this is based on, but I have read the manga. The manga fleshes out every single character, so you really get to know all of them and then get your heart ripped out when they die in such cold-blooded ways. Even the two antagonists of the students get a lot of backstory that explains their actions and makes you feel a bit bad for them. They really make you feel for every single character, to a negative point where you're just so exhausted you don't want to keep reading. The main problem I have with the manga is that it drags on for so long in some scenes that you're just begging for it to end so you can get over with what's going to happen. Oh, and the protagonist is really annoying, so you'll get frustrated by his actions most of the time, like, screaming COME ON ALREADY at him over and over.
The original (and much better) Hunger Games.
No it isnt.
I keep hoping someone will have the balls to green light this as a series. The movie is limited in it's running time, understandably, but in the novel it's based on (and the manga that came after both that's very faithful) every student gets a flashback to explain who they are before they die, so at the end all 42 of these kids are real three dimensional people to the reader before being mercilessly killed. It becomes much less of an action-thriller and much more of a tragedy and criticism of government authoritarianism. Great read, but it would only be adapted as a series to get the full affect.
Man im hoping netflix picks it up
The way we keep having mass shootings and the like...eh.....
I'm japanese.
You should watch director's cut ver!
In the director's cut version, the characters are described in more detail.
I watched it, its definitely amazing that it adds more emotion and chracter buildup for the film. Controversies will not stop them from freedom of storytelling!
I remember the first time I watched Battle Royale. I liked all the twists and unexpected things like the nerds hacking the bomb-collars, the film makers set it up like it’s gonna be a major plot point and then NOPE!!!
I remember the first time I watched Battle Royale. It was on an unmarked VHS-tape that you bought from the friend of a friends older brother that said "If you tell on me I will kill you!"
The early 2000s was wild XD
The reason the Teacher was being silly
is because he is one of the most popular comedians in Japan and I think they wanted to show that
Must be cheating to have a magical uzi that never runs out of ammo.
You've never tried unlimited ammo mods irl?
Yes, The One Battle Royale of all the battle royale kind movies.
I don't think you guys watched the extended cut of this film, but it goes further into backstories that I think would have helped you guys to flesh out the characters even more.
Particularly why Mitsuko is the way she is. And their teachers obsession with the girl.
The worst school trip ever turned into a bloodbath.
I remember seeing this movie when I was in middle school & falling in love with it! This one is a classic though! I had the biggest crush on Chiaki Kuriyama who played Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill Vol 1 a few years after this one
BATTLE ROYALE! Blind thumbs up before even watching.
The book is worth reading. I watched the movie first in high school, then read the book and I remember it being better, though I loved the movie too.
There’s a sequel, not as good but fun to watch. Nanahara starts (or joins? Dunno) a revolution, and they use students to fight the rebels. Of course, they have bombs on their necks too, haha
"If I'm in that class..." is actually everyone who watched this movie will think about lol
The backstory to Kiriyama is fleshed out in the book on why he is just a relentless psychopath and its very interesting, he suffered a brain injury in utero and literally is incapable of remorse. the politics of the society is also fleshed out much more. the book is over 600 pages with over 40 deaths though so there was no chance the movie would be as whole-feeling
You do know studios Mmandate it to be 2 Hours movie. Director actually did a great job doing this movie if you asked me. And he died later on while his son directing sequel which is why sequel is pretty bad
@@boboboy8189 i never said he did a bad job
One of my favorite Japanese movies and I have such fond memories of this movie! This film, funnily enough, helped bond my 5th grade class of 25 students. Two of my classmates had DVD copies of the movie and other people in my class started getting interested in it when they would talk about it during lunch. Since it piqued the interest of many of my classmates, myself included, we would trade around the DVDs after school and either watch it by ourselves at home or go to one of our classmates' house to watch it together. Then, we would discuss what we liked and didn't like about the movie during lunch and recess and started creating scenarios of what we would do if our class was chosen for Battle Royale. I know it's kind of disturbing to think of a bunch of 5th graders talking about who we would kill and how we would kill each other but I promise you it was all in good fun lol! I'm kind of surprised our teacher didn't find out about it or no one snitched to their parents. Anyways, I've probably rambled on for too long but this film holds a special place in my heart!
Takeshi Kitano (one of my all time favorite directors, who was also amazing as an actor (I think it was actually his acting debut) in the David Bowie movie 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'), made that artwork painting (the one at the end of the movie). You definitely gotta watch his own directing features (especially) 'Violent Cop' (1989), 'Sonatine' (1993), 'Hana-Bi' (1997) and 'Brother' (2000)
And he created Takeshis Castle :)
that will always be the distinction of japanese films, always timeless, you cannot tell the period it is always relevant
Twilight Samurai trilogy (drama)
13 assassins (action)
Noroi (horror)
Ran (war)
I know there are many great Japanese films, but these are my favourite off the top of my head.
I know why Kitano may come across as creepy at the end, but based on the conversations he has with his daughter on the phone and the fact that Noriko was the only one enthusiastic about her education, I think he just wanted to preserve her innocence, and his warped mind thought killing her was the best way.
"which stabbin'?"
*hard cut to stabbing*
"ohhh yeah"
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY BANNED IN THE U.S. UNTIL QUENTIN TARANTINO PAID THE "RIGHT PEOPLE" TO GET IT RELEASED IN THE U.S.!!! THAT'S WHY IN THE U.S. HE HOLD THE "PRODUCER" CREDIT!!
Quinton? I see
@@GentlyUsedFrog DAMN AUTO CORRECT!!
@@tonystark5-29-70 I mean, it did work somehow
Weird ass name but I like it
Yeah, no that is not true at all. It was never "banned" in the U.S. .. just not distributed. And who are the "Right People"..
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I've been waiting for this one fellas! Awesome to see a reaction/dissection of this film. For me, this movie is pretty much perfect. Nothing short of a masterpiece. It's never boring, never predictable. I love how it starts as this really dark satire and then evolves into this incredibly deep, poetic THING. And somehow, it never loses the ability to make you laugh out loud, even at the end. 10 out of 10 for me.
The movie is some like a satire and critic of the ultra competitive japanese educational system, that lately affect how the youngs enter in the labour market and adult society. That's the reason of the final, of them running in the city
pd: you guys are watching all the movies i being watching trough this years, i will subscribe. I was waiting for a channel like this for a time. I like the mood of the channel
Yes!!! I was hoping that you guys would review "Battle Royale". I was not disappointed. Another great job.
バトロワももう20年近く前の作品になるのか…当時、高校一年生だった自分にはかなりの衝撃作だった。
My theory (note I didn’t read the book ‘cause I can’t find it)
The villain, whom volunteered to be in BR, I think he is a survivor from BR. Like the first girl in the beginning, she won, covered in blood, and smile. She gone mad, and the painting of her, just show how much the killing haunted her, maybe for life. She didn’t think of her became the survivor but more of a “winner”, a saint. So I think the villain guy in this had the same crazy illusion that he was the “winner”, the saint.
And came out the BR, he had nothing left, he was a killers, mass murderer, no one would dare to go near him. If he had family then they would had disowned him right there. So he had to come back, and he had that blind trust he was a saint now. BR was the only door he could entered, to feel needed and alive.
Like my favorite quotes from one of Lorde’s song: Secretly you want this, do you even want to go free ?
I love this movie, specially the villain guy, and the villain girl. The characters just so complex.
Regarding Kiriyama, in the original novel and manga, everyone in the game is in the same class already. Kiriyama is the appointed leader of a small group of delinquents and is a prodigy at everything he does, so much so that his father and those who worked for them (rich family) believed him to be the singular hope for the future. However, he suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him unable to feel any emotion and changed his good-natured personality into one that became cold and unfeeling, and so his interests changed from things such as the arts to reading human anatomy textbooks in an interest of how fragile the human body really is. In the film, the first group of characters Kiriyama wipes out would have all been his gang's counterparts in the novel to avoid fleshing out his character even more, as his story does take up a sizeable portion of the manga and novel (same goes for Mitsuko, her backstory is much, much more elaborate and deranged).
Another quick note regarding film Kiriyama, a more accurate translation of the line Kawada gives about him is "that's probably the guy who signed up for fun", and that's all it really is for the film version of the character; they had an uneven number of students and needed to fill in one spot so they took a volunteer.
ある意味、時代が良かったのかもある
キレる17歳の時代で荒れてる10代が多かったからな
今じゃ絶対作れない内容だよ
ここまでエネルギッシュな監督ってものがいまはいない気がする。
A lot of manga and novels have almost the same gist (which is killing, but more of like Mafia Game or just some twisted stuffs) that definitely needs to be animated and be shown onscreen. Like, Doubt, Judge, all of Jinrou (Wolf) Game series (the first one, crazy fox, and beast's side), Ou-sama (King) Game, Liar Game, Deadtube, Morph, etc.
Actually, Doubt, Judge, Jinrou Series, Ou-sama Series and Liar Game do have live actions..
I think this movie is father of all games and idea any movie like battle royale in the world. I'm respect that
YES! So so happy to see you guys reacting to this. One of my all time favourite films. I first watched this in 2011 when I was in high school and it blew my adolescent mind.
Keep up the stellar work guys!
Do "Let the Right One In" - you won't regret it
Oof I feel so old! I remember watching this at a small independent cinema when I was 15 y/o now I'm 30, this film feels the same as the first time
I'm 44 years old. And is interesting to see today's generation to see the reaction of this classic CULT films.
Gotta say, this is one of my Favorite movies. The tone of humor mixed with violence is so jarring and creepy. I agree with you guys that as the movie goes you get to know the kids and care for them or hate them and with such a big cast that could have been very difficult. Also, the fact the you see all the murders or at the least bodies you really feel the numbers dwindle and feel more and more tense as it goes. The end kinda does go on a bit but it sets up for the sequel, yes there is a sequel, and it's not as good as this movie but it's very entertaining still.Thanks y'all for reacted to this one!
The book that the movie was based on was really ducking awesome... it’s a good 700+ pages long and the format basically goes along the story recounting in every grizzly detail each child’s death... like it’ll say “Student 14 deceased, 47 remaining”... or something like that. I can’t recall exactly how it’s formatted because my copy is currently being lent out to a friend and I don’t think I’ll be getting it back. But you get the gist... the book lists the death of each student one by one in sections throughout the book. And it really takes you for a while adventure... I read both Battle Royal and the hunger games book, and BR is SO SO SO superior by far. It’s really no contest whatsoever. It’s truly a rollercoaster.
“I hate this bitch,”
I just laughed so hard 😂
Really enjoyable film! It had a great blend of action, humor, and even some horror. Thanks for your reactions and reviews!
Damn, I got halfway through watching this and then realised, I don't remember how it finishes....
So I'm gonna have to rewatch it and come back to your reaction... Sorry