Battle Royale is a 2000 Japanese action-thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, with a screenplay written by Kenta Fukasaku, based on the 1999 novel by Koushun Takami.
While the film was released in subtitled versions across a number of international markets, due to its controversial subject matter, it went unreleased in the United States for a over a decade. In 2012, Anchor Bay released both the original film and its sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, on home video in the country in both Japanese and with an English dub.
Cast
| Character | Original Actor | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Shogo Kawada | Tarō Yamamoto | Kaiji Tang[1] |
| Yoshitoki Kuninobu | Yukihiro Kotani | Spike Spencer[2] |
| Kayoko Kotohiki | Takayo Mimura | Stephanie Komure |
| Megumi Eto | Sayaka Ikeda | |
| Yukie Utsumi | Eri Ishikawa | Erin Fitzgerald |
| Kitano | Tsukari Kanasawa | John Snyder |
| Takako Chigusa | Chiaki Kuriyama | Stephanie Sheh |
| Mitsuko Souma | Kou Shibasaki | Stephanie Komure |
| Hayashida | Ken Nakaide | Doug Erholtz |
Additional Voices
Video Releases
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Bay | 2012 | 
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1 NTSC |
United States | 
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kaiji Tang Resume Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ↑ Voice Resume - Spike Spencer Retrieved January 1, 2021.
External Links
- Battle Royale at the Internet Movie Database
