2003
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Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Japan
Tokyo, a dirty orange-red late afternoon. Suddenly Shinjuku's skyscrapers all tremble and collapser. Japan has fallen victim to terrorism, and the perpetrators are WIld 7, a Japanese group lead by Shuya Nanahara, survivor of the Battle Royale program from the first movie.
When Wild 7 subsequently claims credit for the bombing and declares a war against the government of Japan, the government responds the way it knows best: it launches a new Battle Royale program whereby a lucky class of junior high school graduates are sent on a do-or-die mission to kill Shuya Nanahara and Wild 7.
The moment the junior high school students are herded into a giant cage and their teacher Riki Takeuchi strolls to the front of the room, it is clear that BR2 is going to be different from Battle Royale. Addressing his hysterical students, Takeuchi explains that the white line bisecting the room divides those on the 'winning team' from those on the 'losing team'; those on one side will fight for the gov
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Director :
Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukusaku
Cast :
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Riki Takeuchi, Shugo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai, Natsuki Kato