battle royalethe cult film directed by the master Kinji Fukasaku, arrives for the first time in Italian cinemas on October 20 in the version Director’s Cut restored to 4Kthanks to CG Entertainment: Lega Nerd presents you today, exclusivean excerpt from the movie.
The scene shows the heated confrontation between Takako Chigusa (played by Chiaki Kuriyama) and Kazushi Niida (Hirohito Honda). The scene in the clip is very iconic and also struck Quentin Tarantino, who later chose Kuriyama for the role of Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill: Part 1.
Also, the suit Uma Thurman wears in the film is very similar to Chiaki’s in the clip: Tarantino was very adept at inserting a very fine double reference in his film, both to Bruce Lee in Chen’s last fight (game of death) and at the Fukasaku cinema, insert the suit and present Gogo (within the O-Ren Ishii group) to the tunes of Battle Without Honor or Humanity, a song by Tomoyasu Hotei that in turn paid tribute to the yakuza movie saga of the same name from the 1970s directed by the Japanese filmmaker.
Based on Takami Koushun’s bestseller of the same name (ed. Mondadori), Battle Royale caused a sensation upon its home debut in December 2000, becoming one of the most successful Asian works at the time: Fukasaku’s dystopian thriller was in fact distributed in more than 20 countries. and enters the Top 10 of the highest Japanese collections. Battle Royale has gained the consensus of critics and the public on an international level and has become a contemporary cult in every way. It is considered the precursor of the survival movie as: hunger games and the series squid gameand has also been an inspiration to other great authors over the years (including Tarantino, as mentioned above).
The 4K restoration was performed in 2021 by Arrow Films from an original negative by Arrow itself. The restoration was approved by the screenwriter Kenta Fukasaku (son of Kinji Fukasaku), by the director of photography Katsumi Yanagijima and by Toei Company, Ltd. The restored 4K version of Battle Royale – Director’s Cut was presented in Italian preview at the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival 2022.
There will also be a Home Video Limited Edition in 4K with the Start-up Crowdfunding formula on the website www.cgtv.it: the project is to publish the Battle Royale Complete Limited Edition box set (1000 pieces) which will contain:
with 2 4K Ultra HD discs and 4 Blu-ray discs and the following extras:
And also the exclusivity Completed 1 NFT Battle Royale, the first CG collection from NFT (non-fungible token) designed for supporters of the Start Up campaign. In achieving the goal of the campaign, in tribute to all the startups that have supported the project, CG will deliver a unique NFT from the collection, which will represent an animated 3D digital work. The project will not be printed until 500 supporters participate within 29 days.
Short content:
42 students. A challenge to the death. Only one winner.
Japan. Society is overwhelmed by an unprecedented economic and social crisis. 42 students were selected to participate in the annual Battle Royale program, set up by the government to discipline youth. The students are sent to a remote island and given a weapon with orders to take out their classmates within three days. Guarding this cruel game is the ruthless Professor Kitano. A battle to the death begins in which there will be only one survivor.
Source: Lega Nerd
