{"id":71324,"date":"2025-10-11T04:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/71324\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:08:20","slug":"battle-royale-trailer-japanese-classic-returns-to-theaters-in-4k-for-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/71324\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Battle Royale’ Trailer – Japanese Classic Returns to Theaters in 4K for 25th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionsgate has issued a new trailer for\u00a0Battle Royale ahead of its 25th anniversary theatrical re-release on October 12, 13, and 15.<\/p>\n

The theatrical cut of Kinji Fukasaku\u2018s controversial dystopian thriller has been newly restored in 4K, presented in its original Japanese with English subtitles.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 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\u2019s career and how they inspired his landmark final movie.<\/p>\n

Kenta grants unparalleled access to his father\u2019s history and unique directing approach on the film and reveals how Kinji\u2019s experience in a Japanese munitions factory during World War II informed his son\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale now through Iconic Events<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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 \u2014 until only one remains.<\/p>\n

Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tar\u014d Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu And\u014d, and Beat Takeshi\u00a0lead the ensemble.<\/p>\n

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