Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Battle Royale (2002) Rating: Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Kou Shibasaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Takeshi Kitano Director: Kinji Fukasaku Category: Drama, Foreign Studio: World Cinema Ltd. Subtitles: English Length: 109 Mins.     At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence amongst the nation's youth is spiralling out of control. With school children hoycotting their lessons and physically abusing their teachers, a beleaguered and near-defeated goverment decides to introduce a reducal new mwasure: the Battle Royal Act. 18: Not to be supplied to any person below that age.