Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Batoru rowaiaru (Motion picture). English & Japanese.

Title:

Batoru rowaiaru : tokubetsu-hen / A Kinji Fukasaku film ; seisaku, Tōei Kabushiki Kaisha [= presented by Toei Company, Ltd.] [and others] ; kyakuhon [= screenplay by], Fukasaku Kenta ; kantoku [= directed by], Fukasaku Kinji.

Edition:

Director's cut.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2012]

Description:

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

'In the near future, the economy has collapsed, unemployment has soared and juvenile crime has exploded. Fearful of their nation's youth, the Japanese government passes The BR Law: Each year, a 9th grade class is sent to a remote island where they will be locked into exploding neck collars, given a random weapon, and forced to hunt and kill each other until there is only one survivor left.' -- Container.

Target Audience Note:

'Unrated and uncensored' -- Container.

Subjects:

High school students -- Japan -- Drama.

Junior high school students -- Japan -- Drama.

Violence -- Japan -- Drama.

Contests -- Drama.

Murder -- Drama.

Genre:

Action and adventure films.

Dystopian films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)