Episode 207: Battle Royale (2000)

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2000 Japanese cult classic film Battle Royale, exploring its themes and impact.

This week the ghouls discuss a perfect movie, 2000’s Japanese cult classic, Battle Royale. From wiki: “Battle Royale (Japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, Hepburn: Batoru Rowaiaru) is a 2000 Japanese dystopian action film[4] directed by Kinji Fukasaku from a screenplay by Kenta Fukasaku, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushun Takami. The film stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu Andō, and Beat Takeshi. It follows a group of junior high school...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joshua Conkel, Drusilla Adeline

Topics covered

• Japanese cinema
• dystopian films
• cult classics
• film analysis
• Battle Royale

Keywords

• Battle Royale
• Kinji Fukasaku
• Japanese film
• dystopian
• cult classic
• film discussion
• Tatsuya Fujiwara

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Books & works: Battle Royale

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