10th New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 1-14, 2011

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Battle Royale

バトル・ロワイアル

Under a new distributor, Fukasaku’s last masterpiece comes to North America for the first time more than 10 years after its release. A group of high school children are taken to a small, isolated island with a map, food and weapons of varying deadliness. Over three days, they are forced to fight one another to the death until only one remains. Winner of the 2001 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film and Best New Actor.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Kou Shibasaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Aki Maeda, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Languages: Japanese with English subtitles
2000; 122 min.

SCHEDULE:

Friday July 8, 9:15pm
Japan Society