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Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku Kinji Fukasaku  
Written by
Koushun Takami Koushun Takami ... novel
Kenta Fukasaku Kenta Fukasaku ... screenplay
Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara Tatsuya Fujiwara ... Shuya Nanahara - Boy #15
Aki Maeda Aki Maeda ... Noriko Nakagawa - Girl #15
Tarô Yamamoto Tarô Yamamoto ... Shôgo Kawada - Boy #5
Chiaki Kuriyama Chiaki Kuriyama ... Takako Chigusa - Girl #13
Takashi Tsukamoto Takashi Tsukamoto ... Shinji Mimura - Boy #19
Sôsuke Takaoka Sôsuke Takaoka ... Hiroki Sugimura - Boy #11
Yukihiro Kotani Yukihiro Kotani ... Yôshitoki Kuninobu - Boy #7
Eri Ishikawa Eri Ishikawa ... Yukie Utsumi - Girl #2
Sayaka Kamiya Sayaka Kamiya ... Satomi Noda - Girl #17
Takayo Mimura Takayo Mimura ... Kayoko Kotôhiki - Girl #8
Yutaka Shimada Yutaka Shimada ... Yûtaka Seto - Boy #12
Ren Matsuzawa Ren Matsuzawa ... Keita Îjima - Boy #2
Hirohito Honda Hirohito Honda ... Kazushi Nîda - Boy #16
Ryou Nitta Ryou Nitta ... Kyôichi Motobuchi - Boy #20
Sayaka Ikeda Sayaka Ikeda ... Megumi Etô - Girl #3
Anna Nagata Anna Nagata ... Hirono Shimizu - Girl #10
Yukari Kanasawa Yukari Kanasawa ... Yûkiko Kitano - Girl #6
Misao Kato Misao Kato ... Yumiko Kusaka - Girl #7
Hitomi Hyuga Hitomi Hyuga ... Yûko Sakaki - Girl #9
Satomi Ishii Satomi Ishii ... Haruka Tanizawa - Girl #12
Asami Kanai Asami Kanai ... Chisato Matsui - Girl #19
Satomi Hanamura Satomi Hanamura ... Yûka Nakagawa - Girl #16
Yousuke Shibata Yousuke Shibata ... Mitsuru Numai - Boy #17
Shirô Gô Shirô Gô ... Ryûhei Sasagawa - Boy #10
Yuuki Masuda Yuuki Masuda ... Hiroshi Kuronaga - Boy #9
Shigeki Hirokawa Shigeki Hirokawa ... Shô Tsukioka - Boy #14
Tamaki Mihara Tamaki Mihara ... Izumi Kanai - Girl #5
Tomomi Shimaki Tomomi Shimaki ... Sakura Ogawa - Girl #4
Yasuomi Sano Yasuomi Sano ... Kazuhiko Yamamoto - Boy #21
Shin Kusaka Shin Kusaka ... Yoshio Akamatsu - Boy #1
Gouki Nishimura Gouki Nishimura ... Tatsumichi Ôki - Boy #3
Shigehiro Yamaguchi Shigehiro Yamaguchi ... Toshimori Oda - Boy #4
Osamu Ohnishi Osamu Ohnishi ... Yôji Kuramoto - Boy #8
Satoshi Yokomichi Satoshi Yokomichi ... Tadakatsu Hatagami - Boy #18
Junichi Naitou Junichi Naitou ... Yûichiro Takiguchi - Boy #13
Tsuyako Kinoshita Tsuyako Kinoshita ... Mizuho Inada - Girl #1
Mai Sekiguchi Mai Sekiguchi ... Kaori Minami - Girl #20
Takako Baba Takako Baba ... Yoshimi Yahagi - Girl #21
Haruka Nomiyama Haruka Nomiyama ... Mayumi Tendô - Girl #14
Aki Unone Aki Unone ... Fumiyo Fujiyôshi - Girl #18 (as Aki Inoue)
Ai Iwamura Ai Iwamura ... Girl Who Won the Last Battle Royale
Ai Maeda Ai Maeda ... Shiori - Kitano's Daughter (voice)
Minami Minami ... Keiko - Kawada's Girlfriend
Michi Yamamura Michi Yamamura ... Reporter (as Michiko Yamamura)
Suzuka Tonegawa Suzuka Tonegawa ... Young Mitsuko
Tarô Suwa Tarô Suwa ... Middle-Aged Man
Reiko Kataoka Reiko Kataoka ... Mitsuko's Mother
Takeyuki Hirai Takeyuki Hirai ... Soldier
Tomu Asakawa Tomu Asakawa ... Soldier
Yûya Nakahara Yûya Nakahara ... Soldier
Takashi Komori Takashi Komori ... Soldier
Ryôta Nakamura Ryôta Nakamura ... Soldier
Akihiro Ugajin Akihiro Ugajin ... Soldier
Yôichi Murakami Yôichi Murakami ... Soldier
Tsuguharu Niizaki Tsuguharu Niizaki ... Soldier
Jun'ichi Nashiki Jun'ichi Nashiki ... Soldier
Hiroshi Kitagawa Hiroshi Kitagawa ... Soldier
Hideaki Kawashima Hideaki Kawashima ... Soldier
Umiji Tasaki Umiji Tasaki ... Soldier
Mitsuaki Tachikawa Mitsuaki Tachikawa ... Soldier
Hidetsugu Okumura Hidetsugu Okumura ... Soldier
Daisuke Yazawa Daisuke Yazawa ... Soldier
Nobuki Baba Nobuki Baba ... Soldier
Naoki Iwasawa Naoki Iwasawa ... Soldier
Kôji Tokuhisa Kôji Tokuhisa ... Soldier
Mikiya Sanada Mikiya Sanada ... Soldier
Kazuhiro Yokokura Kazuhiro Yokokura ... Soldier
Shigeki Homma Shigeki Homma ... Soldier
Kazuo Araki Kazuo Araki ... Soldier
Gôshi Matsuhara Gôshi Matsuhara ... Soldier
Akira Yoshizawa Akira Yoshizawa ... Soldier
Kenzo Shirahama Kenzo Shirahama ... Soldier
Kanji Okumura Kanji Okumura ... Soldier
Shôji Takano Shôji Takano ... Soldier
Ryôji Sugimoto Ryôji Sugimoto ... Soldier
Hajime Yoneda Hajime Yoneda ... Soldier
Hideaki Kojima Hideaki Kojima ... Soldier
Nanami Ohta Nanami Ohta ... Mitsuko's Friend
Ayana Noguchi Ayana Noguchi ... Mitsuko's Friend
Tetsu Masuda Tetsu Masuda ... Class A Homeroom Teacher
Kazutoshi Yokoyama Kazutoshi Yokoyama ... Basketball Referee
Kotaru Kamijou Kotaru Kamijou ... Jô Kitô - Class A Basketball Player
Hirobumi Seki Hirobumi Seki ... Kôsuke Okiyama - Class A Basketball Player
Kiyoyuki Matsumoto Kiyoyuki Matsumoto ... Shinichirô Tanaka - Class A Basketball Player
Gou Ryugawa Gou Ryugawa ... Lieutenant Anjo
Takashi Taniguchi Takashi Taniguchi ... Nanahara's Father
Ken Nakaide Ken Nakaide ... Hayashida-san
Kanako Fukaura Kanako Fukaura ... Bus Guide
Yûko Miyamura Yûko Miyamura ... Training Video Girl
Kô Shibasaki Kô Shibasaki ... Mitsuko Sôma - Girl #11
Masanobu Andô Masanobu Andô ... Kazuo Kiriyama - Boy #6
Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano ... Kitano (as Bito Takeshi)
Produced by
Kenta Fukasaku Kenta Fukasaku ... producer
Kinji Fukasaku Kinji Fukasaku ... producer
Kimio Kataoka Kimio Kataoka ... producer
Chie Kobayashi Chie Kobayashi ... producer
Toshio Nabeshima Toshio Nabeshima ... producer
Masumi Okada Masumi Okada ... producer
Original Music by
Masamichi Amano Masamichi Amano  
Special Effects by
Kikuo Nôtomi Kikuo Nôtomi ... armourer / pyrotechnician
Visual Effects by
Nobutaka Dôki Nobutaka Dôki ... visual effects supervisor
Yoshiaki Nakaichi Yoshiaki Nakaichi ... digital effects: Malin Post
Yuka Onoue Yuka Onoue ... digital effects: Malin Post
Nobuaki Sugiki Nobuaki Sugiki ... coordinator: Nippon Eizo Creative
Takashi Tanaka Takashi Tanaka ... digital effects: Malin Post
Minami Tsujino Minami Tsujino ... digital effects: Malin Post
Shigeru Ueda Shigeru Ueda ... digital effects: Nippon Eizo Creative
Naoyasu Yutaka Naoyasu Yutaka ... digital effects: Nippon Eizo Creative
Tetsuo Ôya Tetsuo Ôya ... visual effects supervisor
Stunts
Hitomi Hiraki Hitomi Hiraki ... action trainer
Yoshiko Hisayiki Yoshiko Hisayiki ... soldier trainer
Kenjiro Hujita Kenjiro Hujita ... action trainer
Yasuhiko Imai Yasuhiko Imai ... action trainer
Yoshikazu Kawakami Yoshikazu Kawakami ... soldier trainer
Yasuhiro Koshi Yasuhiro Koshi ... soldier trainer
Kaluho Kudo Kaluho Kudo ... soldier trainer
Naoki Kudo Naoki Kudo ... action trainer
Takanori Maekawa Takanori Maekawa ... action trainer
Ryouji Okada Ryouji Okada ... action trainer
Yoshiko Okuyama Yoshiko Okuyama ... soldier trainer
Syu Sikata Syu Sikata ... action trainer
Hikaru Takahashi Hikaru Takahashi ... action trainer
Chie Tanabe Chie Tanabe ... action trainer
Koji Tanaka Koji Tanaka ... soldier trainer
Ai Iwamura Ai Iwamura ... stunt double
Additional Info
Premiere: December 16, 2000
DVD Release: June 15, 2004
Blu-ray Release: March 20, 2012
Country: Japan
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Websites: IMDb Wikipedia
Ratings
SkullJoy

8.3 / 10
IMDb

7.5 / 10
Metacritic

81 / 100
Alternate Titles
> Batoru Rowaiaru
Production Companies
Toho
AM Associates
Fukasaku-gumi (in association with)
Gaga
Kobi Co.
MF Pictures
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.
Toei Company
WOWOW
Distributors
Anchor Bay Films
  (2011) (United States) (3-D version) (subtitled) (theatrical)
Anchor Bay Entertainment
  (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Anchor Bay Entertainment
  (2012) (United States) (DVD)
Starmax
  (2007) (United States) (DVD)
The Criterion Channel
  (2023) (United States) (streaming) (TV)
Filming Locations
Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  (street scenes)
Shukugawara Dam, Tama River, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Japan
  (exterior scenes)
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