Lionsgate has issued a new trailer for Battle Royale ahead of its 25th anniversary theatrical re-release on October 12, 13, and 15.
The theatrical cut of Kinji Fukasaku‘s controversial dystopian thriller has been newly restored in 4K, presented in its original Japanese with English subtitles.
It’s accompanied by an interview with Kenta Fukasaku, Battle Royale screenwriter and the son of Kinji Fukasaku, for an intimate look at the forces that shaped his father’s career and how they inspired his landmark final movie.
Kenta grants unparalleled access to his father’s history and unique directing approach on the film and reveals how Kinji’s experience in a Japanese munitions factory during World War II informed his son’s screenplay, how the 1970s protest movement inspired the onscreen violence, and how a Japanese youth crime wave at the time played a role in creating the concept and characters.
Tickets are on sale now through Iconic Events.
Based on the 1999 novel by Koushun Takami, the film follows 42 Japanese high school students who are sent off by their government with three days to kill each other — until only one remains.
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarō Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu Andō, and Beat Takeshi lead the ensemble.
AloJapan.com