The Battle Royale, directed by Kinji Fukasaku and written by Kenta Fukasaku, starring Takeshi Kitano and Tatsuya Fujiwara has been regarded as one of the finest films dealing with the human emtions. Keeping in concern the appreciation and demand of the audience a sequel Battle Royale II: Requiem followed. It is to be noted that the plot of the film by and large remains fairly faithful to the central conception of the novel. The prologue includes, "At the dawn of the millennium, the nation collapsed. At fifteen percent unemployment, ten million were out of work. 800,000 students boycotted school. The adults lost confidence, and fearing the youth, eventually passed the Millennium Educational Reform Act - AKA: The BR Act...". Set in such a tumultuous time the film centers around Shuya Nanahara, a charismatic young boy who stays at the Kanagawa Prefectire. Follwing his father's suicide and his desertion by his mother he somewhat becomes disillusioned with the meaning of the entire life. Being a generation of the same turbulent period, all his classmates happen to be more or less frustrated and has scanty or no regard for the authority. The best example of this turbulance can be ascertained from the attack of Shuya's best friend, Yoshitoki Kuninobu on their teacher Kitano, but runs away in fear of being identified. Noriko, a reserved and sombere young girl, who happens to be a witness to the incident, at her own risk hides the knife used while attacking Kitano. However, the real story begins from when in the following year the students on the verge of completion of their compulsory education embark on a class trip. However the entire class in the midway gets kidnapped and is taken to an isolated island and fitted with metallic collars. To their utter dismay the students discover to find themsleves in an abandoned school and their humiliated teacher, in accordance with several diginitaries of the government is behind this hineous ploy. The perilous strategem gets revealed when the students are informed of their inclusion as participants in Battle Royale, a game created by the Millennial Educational Reform Act (better known as the Battle Royale Act), where the students have to kill each other until one is left. The following development of the film, through the representation of various human emtions of reluctance, conspiracy, self-sacrifice and love astounds us. The entire plot reminds us of the same strategies being perpetrated by respective governments in different countries in this form or that.

However, it must be said that the feature film Battle Royale was marked as both crude and tasteless by the respected members of the Parliament of Japan along with other responsible government officers, in charge of various departments. From the first screening of the film there was a debate on the subject of governnment action over media violence. But nothing deterred the film Battle Royal regarding grossing ¥3.11 billion from the domestic market. Though being severely discredited by the members of the top most echelons of the Parliament of Japan, it was widely acclaimed by the common audience. At the Academy Awards of Japan in 2001, the film was felicitated with many awards. It got the award for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Script, Best Starring Actor, Best Soundtrack and Best Sound Recording categories. Besides the film managed to bag the award in the category of Best Editing, and also the Battle Royale won the audience popularity prize for a film.