BATTLE ROYALE IS BACK!

The cult Japanese movie that defines twisted action & sickening violence is ready to shock you all over again.

Arrow Video’s Battle Royale Limited Edition DVD & Blu-Ray will be released 13.12.10. Both format’s feature brand new restored hi-def transfers of both the Theatrical Cut & Director’s Cut, brand new subtitles, limited edition packaging numbered #/5000 with certificate & a whole host of new & exclusive extras.

In a world where teenagers have no respect & adults are losing control there can be only one solution: Battle Royale! Now, see what happens when you let a high school class loose on an island, arm them & then give them a simple choice… Kill your friends or have them kill you; with poison, cross-bows, machetes & dynamite. ‘Beat’ Takeshi Kitano (Violent Cop, Zatoichi) is a teacher pushed to the edge by his unruly charges. Kidnapped and gassed, his class wake up with exploding metal rings around their necks. If they rebel, they could lose their heads. Now they have three days & only one is permitted to survive this grisly battle to the death.

Directed by the master of 70s Yakuza thrillers Kinji Fukasaku & featuring Kill Bill star Chiaki Kuriyama, Battle Royale is the movie that helped to define extreme Asian cinema in the 21st Century.

Battle Royale Limited Edition (cert. 18) will be released on Blu-ray (£29.99) & DVD (£24.99) by Arrow Video on 13th December 2010.

Special Features

Disc One

• Theatrical Cut
• Original theatrical trailer
• The making of Battle Royale: The Experience of 42 High School Students
• Conducting Battle Royale with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Disc Two

• Special Edition (Director’s Cut)
• Special edition trailer
• TV Spot: Tarantino version
• Shooting the Special Edition
• Takeshi Kitano interview
• The correct way to make Battle Royale (Birthday version)
• Tokyo international film festival presentation

Disc Three

• Opening day at Maro No Uchi Toei movie theatre
• The slaughter of 42 high school students
• Premier press conference
• The correct way to fight in Battle Royale
• Royale rehearsals
• Masamichi Amano conducts Battle Royale
• Special effects comparison
• Behind the scenes featurette
• Filming on set
• TV spots, promos and commercials
• Kinji Fukasaky trailer reel

PLUS

32 page comic

36 page booklet including:

• ‘A Battle Without An End’ by Tom Mes (‘The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film’)
• Printed interview with Director Kinji Fukasaku
• ‘Today’s Lesson is…You Kill Each Other’ by Jay McRoy (Japanese Horror Cinema’)
• Extract from Koushan Takami’s original novel (LE Exclusive)
• Original promotional material including Director’s statement
• Cast and crew biogs (LE Exclusive).

16 page booklet including: Concept artwork and drawing for the limited edition set (LE Exclusive)

5″x7″ Postcards of stills from the film (LE Exclusive)

Fold-out reversible poster of original artwork