Battle Royale II (2003)
Batoru rowaiaru II: Chinkonka (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 35min
- Action, Adventure
- 05 Jul 2003 (Japan)
- Movie
Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.
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Awards:
- 2 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara | ... |
Shuya Nanahara
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Ai Maeda | ... |
Shiori Kitano (Transfer Student)
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Shûgo Oshinari | ... |
Takuma Aoi
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Ayana Sakai | ... |
Nao Asakura
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Haruka Suenaga | ... |
Haruka Kuze
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Yûma Ishigaki | ... |
Mitsugu Sakai
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Miyuki Kanbe | ... |
Kyoko Kakei
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Masaya Kikawada | ... |
Shintaro Makimura
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Yôko Maki | ... |
Maki Souda
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Yuki Ito | ... |
Ryo Kurosawa
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Natsuki Katô | ... |
Saki Sakurai
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Aki Maeda | ... |
Noriko Nakagawa
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Riki Takeuchi | ... |
Riki Takeuchi (Sensei)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Aja | ... |
Kazumi Fukuda
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Munetaka Aoki | ... |
Jun Nanami
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Riasu Arama | ... |
Rena Niimi
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Shin'ichi Chiba | ... |
Makio Mimura (Shinji's revolutionary uncle)
(as Sonny Chiba)
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Seiichi Ebina | ... |
Tatsuro Morishima
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Ryoji Fujihira | ... |
Masami Shibaki
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Maki Hamada | ... |
Chizuru
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Ayumi Hanada | ... |
Ryoko Hata
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Kenji Harada | ... |
Naoki Jo
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Hitomi Hasebe | ... |
Asuka Motomura
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Takaaki Ikeyama | ... |
Yasuaki Hosaka
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Asuka Ishii | ... |
Maho Nosaka
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Hiroaki Ito | ... |
Soldier
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Ai Iwamura | ... |
Mai (Smiling Winner from BR1)
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Kotaru Kamijou | ... |
Kenji Maezono
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Minami Kanazawa | ... |
Yuko Natsukawa
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Ryô Katsuji | ... |
Haruya Sakurai
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Asami Katsura | ... |
Risa Shindo
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Mika Kikuchi | ... |
Ayane Yagi
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Takeshi Kitano | ... |
Kitano
(as Beat Takeshi)
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Musashi Kubota | ... |
Wataru Mukai
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Miku Kuga | ... |
Kengo Yonai
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Maika Matsumoto | ... |
Shiho Matsuki
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Michiho Matsumoto | ... |
Sanae Shioda
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Yoshiko Mita | ... |
Takuma's mother
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Chisato Miyao | ... |
Hibiki Yano
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Akane Mizuno | ... |
Sayaka
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Yuuko Morimoto | ... |
Kana Yûki
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Aiko Moriuchi | ... |
Miki Ikeda
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Mitsu Murata | ... |
Soji Kazama
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Ami Nakagawa | ... |
Honami Totsuka
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Kayo Nayuki | ... |
Eri Yoshiyama
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Yûya Nishikawa | ... |
Nishi
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Takashi Nishina |
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Nanami Ohta | ... |
Hitoe Takeuchi
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Yuka Ozawa | ... |
Shinobu
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Reina | ... |
Mayu Hasuda
(as Nana Yanagisawa)
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Gou Ryugawa | ... |
Lieutenant Anjo
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Rika Sakagushi | ... |
Yuka Mifune
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Mai Sakamoto | ... |
Shoko
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Makoto Sakamoto | ... |
Osamu Kasai
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Mikiya Sanada | ... |
ATAT soldier
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Shoko Sato | ... |
Nozomi Sagisawa
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Takeru Shibaki | ... |
Shugo Urabe
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Mitsuki Shimada | ... |
'Wild Seven' Member
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Sae Shimizu | ... |
Ai Yazawa
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Kôtarô Sugie |
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Hikaru Takahashi | ... |
ATAT soldier
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Kei Tamura | ... |
Tatsuhiko Hasegawa
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Takeshi Tanaka | ... |
Masakatsu Taguchi
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Takashi Taniguchi | ... |
Leader of the Anti-Terrorist Attack Team
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Masumi Tooyoka | ... |
Yukari
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Toshiyuki Toyonaga | ... |
Shota Hikasa
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Masahiko Tsugawa | ... |
The Prime Minister
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Akihiro Ugajin |
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Haruka Umeda | ... |
Aya
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Sôkô Wada | ... |
Satoshi Imakire
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Kouta Yamada | ... |
Tetsuya Shimura
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Kazuki Yamamoto | ... |
Yosuke Miyadai
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Michi Yamamura | ... |
Reporter
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Takahiko Yanagisawa | ... |
Shiro
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Kazutoshi Yokoyama | ... |
ATAT soldier
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Yasutake Yuboku | ... |
Kiyoshi Minamoto
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Takashi Yukawa | ... |
'Wild Seven' Member
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Yuuma | ... |
Yuuma
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Kenji Ôba | ... |
Mimura's Comrade
(as Kenji Ohba)
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Directed by
Kenta Fukasaku | ||
Kinji Fukasaku |
Written by
Kenta Fukasaku | ... | (writer) |
Norio Kida | ... | (writer) |
Koushun Takami | ... | (characters) |
Produced by
Shigeyuki Endô | ... | planner |
Kenta Fukasaku | ... | producer |
Kimio Kataoka | ... | producer |
Hikaru Kawase | ... | producer |
Masumi Okada | ... | producer |
Music by
Masamichi Amano |
Production Design by
Emiko Tsuyuki |
Art Direction by
Toshihiro Isomi |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Koji Yamaguchi | ... | first assistant director |
Sound Department
Mizuki Ito | ... | foley artist / sound effects editor |
Special Effects by
Kikuo Nôtomi | ... | armourer / pyrotechnician |
Visual Effects by
Megumi Kanazawa | ... | digital artist |
Music Department
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra | ... | music performed by: orchestra |
Additional Crew
Yuta Morokaji | ... | action director |
Production Companies
- Toho
- Fukasaku-gumi
- Gaga
- Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.
- Sega
- TV Asahi
- Toei Advertising K.K.
- Toei Company
- Toei Video Company
- Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
- WOWOW
Distributors
- Toei Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2003) (Hong Kong)
- Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (2003) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Tartan Films (2004) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (London Film Festival)
- Bright Angel Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- MTV Netherlands (2005) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
- Vértice 360 (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
- Wision DVD Production (2005) (South Korea) (DVD)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Das Vierte (2008) (Germany) (tv)
- Kimowelt TV (2008) (Germany) (tv) (limited)
- Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (subtitled)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Anchor Bay Films (2011) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Arrow Video (2021) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (subtitled)
- The Criterion Channel (2023) (United States) (tv) (streaming) (subtitled)
Special Effects
- Malin Post (visual effects)
- Nippon Eizo Creative (visual effects)
- Toei Labo Tech (visual effects)
Other Companies
- Aoi Studio (post-production sound services)
- Griffith (lighting equipment supplied by)
- Kitakyushu Film Commission (film commission)
- Kodak Japan (film stock supplied by)
- Malin Post (title design)
- NAC Image Technology (camera equipment supplied by)
- Nihon Shomei Co. (lighting equipment supplied by)
- Shu Tokki (grip equipment supplied by)
- TOVIC (post-production facilities)
- Toei Labo Tech (digital intermediate)
- Toei Labo Tech (film processing)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Three years after the events in "Battle Royale," Shuya Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a well-known terrorist bent on bringing down the government. In response, they order the creation of the "Battle Royale II" program and send a class of junior-high students to catch and kill him.
Written by Jacquie Allen |
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Taglines | This time it's war. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $9,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend Japan | $714,697, 04 Jul 2003 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Quentin Tarantino was offered a role but couldn't do it because of scheduling. He said, "They wanted me to play the President of the United States." See more » |
Goofs | During the gunfight between the terrorists and the students, in the rundown building, a cable can be seen supporting Kurosawa. See more » |
Movie Connections | Follows Battle Royale (2000). See more » |
Crazy Credits | Towards the end of the credits a flag is shown, followed by black and white stills from the action sequences in the movie and then a black and white photo of the whole class that participated in the BR2 act, then another BW still of Nanahara and his comrades, and lastly a BW shot of director Kinji Fukasaku. See more » |
Quotes |
Shiori Kitano:
The thing people fear most isn't dying, it's being forgotten. See more » |