"Could you kill your best friend?"

2000

1h 53m

7.3(3654 votes)

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Overview

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

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83 members

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藤原竜也

Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)

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前田亜季

Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)

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ビートたけし

Kitano

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山本太郎

Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)

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安藤政信

Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)

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柴咲コウ

Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)

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栗山千明

Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)

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塚本高史

Shinji Mimura (Boy #19)

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高岡蒼佑

Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)

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小谷幸弘

Yôshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7)

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石川絵里

Yukie Utsumi (Girl #2)

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神谷涼

Satomi Noda (Girl #17)

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三村恭代

Kayoko Kotôhiki (Girl #8)

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Yutaka Shimada

Yûtaka Seto (Boy #12)

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松沢蓮

Keita Îjima (Boy #2)

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Hirohito Honda

Kazushi Nîda (Boy #16)

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Ryou Nitta

Kyôichi Motobuchi (Boy #20)

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Sayaka Ikeda

Megumi Eto (Girl #3)

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永田杏奈

Hirono Shimizu (Girl #10)

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Yukari Kanasawa

Yukiko Kitano (Girl #6)

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Misao Kato

Yumiko Kusaka (Girls #7)

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日向瞳

Yuko Sakaki (Girl #9)

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Satomi Ishii

Haruka Tanizawa (Girl #12)

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Asami Kanai

Chisato Matsui (Girl #19)

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花村怜美

Yuka Nakagawa (Girl #16)

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Yousuke Shibata

Mitsuru Numai (Boy #17)

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Shiro Go

Ryûhei Sasagawa (Boy #10)

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増田裕生

Hiroshi Kuronaga (Boy #9)

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広川茂樹

Shô Tsukioka (Boy #14)

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Tamaki Mihara

Izumi Kanai (Girl #5)

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Tomomi Shimaki

Sakura Ogawa (Girl #4)

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佐野泰臣

Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Boy #21)

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日下慎

Yoshio Akamatsu (Boy #1)

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Gouki Nishimura

Tatsumichi Ôki (Boy #3)

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山口森広

Toshinori Oda (Boy #4)

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Osamu Ohnishi

Yôji Kuramoto (Boy #8)

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Satoshi Yokomichi

Tadakatsu Hatagami (Boy #18)

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Junichi Naitou

Yûichiro Takiguchi (Boy #13)

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Tsuyako Kinoshita

Mizuho Inada (Girl #1)

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Mai Sekiguchi

Kaori Minami (Girl #20)

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Takako Baba

Yoshimi Yahagi (Girl #21)

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Haruka Nomiyama

Mayumi Tendo (Girl #14)

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Aiko Nogami

Fumiyo Fujiyôshi (Girl #18)

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岩村愛子

A Girl Who Won Last Battle Royale

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前田愛

Shiori - Kitano's Daughter (voice)

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美波

Keiko

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山村美智

Reporter

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横山一敏

Basketball Referee

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Gô Tatsukawa

Lieutenant Anjo

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谷口高史

Shuya's Father

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Ken Nakaide

Teacher Hayashida

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深浦加奈子

Bus Guide

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宮村優子

Training Video Girl

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Takeyuki Hirai

Soldier

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Tomu Asakawa

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Yûya Nakahara

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Takashi Komori

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Ryôta Nakamura

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Akihiro Ugajin

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Yôichi Murakami

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Tsuguharu Niizaki

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Jun'ichi Nashiki

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Hiroshi Kitagawa

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Hideaki Kawashima

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Umiji Tasaki

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Hidetsugu Okumura

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Daisuke Yazawa

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Nobuki Baba

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Naoki Iwasawa

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Kôji Tokuhisa

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真田幹也

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Kazuhiro Yokokura

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Shigeki Homma

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Kazuo Araki

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Gôshi Matsuhara

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Akira Yoshizawa

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Kenzo Shirahama

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Kanji Okumura

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Shôji Takano

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Ryoji Sugimoto

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Hajime Yoneda

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Hideaki Kojima

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Mitsuaki Tachikawa

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藤原竜也

前田亜季

ビートたけし

山本太郎

安藤政信

柴咲コウ

栗山千明

塚本高史

高岡蒼佑

小谷幸弘

石川絵里

神谷涼

三村恭代

Yutaka Shimada

松沢蓮

Hirohito Honda

Ryou Nitta

Sayaka Ikeda

永田杏奈

Yukari Kanasawa

Misao Kato

日向瞳

Satomi Ishii

Asami Kanai

花村怜美

Yousuke Shibata

Shiro Go

増田裕生

広川茂樹

Tamaki Mihara

Tomomi Shimaki

佐野泰臣

日下慎

Gouki Nishimura

​山口森広

Osamu Ohnishi

Satoshi Yokomichi

Junichi Naitou

Tsuyako Kinoshita

Mai Sekiguchi

Takako Baba

Haruka Nomiyama

Aiko Nogami

岩村愛子

前田愛

美波

山村美智

横山一敏

Gô Tatsukawa

谷口高史

Ken Nakaide

深浦加奈子

宮村優子

Takeyuki Hirai

Tomu Asakawa

Yûya Nakahara

Takashi Komori

Ryôta Nakamura

Akihiro Ugajin

Yôichi Murakami

Tsuguharu Niizaki

Jun'ichi Nashiki

Hiroshi Kitagawa

Hideaki Kawashima

Umiji Tasaki

Hidetsugu Okumura

Daisuke Yazawa

Nobuki Baba

Naoki Iwasawa

Kôji Tokuhisa

真田幹也

Kazuhiro Yokokura

Shigeki Homma

Kazuo Araki

山口森広