Battle Royale II: Requiem

Battle Royale II: Requiem


バトル・ロワイアルII 鎮魂歌 (レクイエム)
Batoru Rowaiaru II Chinkonka (Rekuiemu)
Battle Royale II: Fantasy (Requiem)
Director Kinji Fukasaku
Kenta Fukasaku
Original Story Koshun Takami
Screenplay Kenta Fukasaku
Norio Kida
Music Masamichi Amano
Photography Junichi Fujisawa
Lighting Akira Ono
Art Toshihiro Isomi
Sound Kunio Ando
Editor Hirohide Abe
Production Companies Toei, Fukasaku Group, TV Asahi, WOWOW, Gaga Communications, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai, TOKYO FM, Sega, Toei TV, Toei Agency
Release Date July 5, 2003
Runtime 133 minutes
Preceded by Battle Royale (2000)

バトル・ロワイアルII 鎮魂歌 (レクイエム)
Batoru Rowaiaru II Chinkonka (Rekuiemu)
Battle Royale II: Fantasy (Requiem)
Director Kinji Fukasaku
Kenta Fukasaku
Original Story Koshun Takami
Screenplay Kenta Fukasaku
Norio Kida
Music Masamichi Amano
Photography Junichi Fujisawa
Lighting Akira Ono
Art Toshihiro Isomi
Sound Kunio Ando
Editor Hirohide Abe
Production Companies Toei, Fukasaku Group, TV Asahi, WOWOW, Gaga Communications, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai, TOKYO FM, Sega, Toei TV, Toei Agency
Release Date July 5, 2003
Runtime 133 minutes
Preceded by Battle Royale (2000)

Shiori is the daughter of Kitano, the teacher who presided over the brutal BR program, and was later killed by one of his students, Nanahara. She volunteers for a newly revised BRII program in order to confront Nanahara, who is now an international terrorist exacting his revenge on Japan. Her class is abducted by the military and briefed for their “mission.” The older generation has rejected Nanahara’s declaration of war, and refuses to dignify his ambitions by sending in proper soldiers. They have modified the BR program to reroute the delinquent students to the front lines of the battlefield: Nanahara’s remote island headquarters. The students are dispatched to the island, where nearly half the class is killed by Nanahara’s forces before they can breach his base. Nanahara’s forces realize that they are fighting students, and spare them instead. It is a fragile peace, as Nanahara is responsible for the deaths of many of the students’ families as a result of his terrorist activities. However, when a special ops team is sent to investigate the students’ fate, they join forces with Nanahara to repel the invasion. Shiori is fascinated by Nanahara, and can’t bring herself to kill him.

In the aftermath, the students struggle to come to terms with the pointless struggle they have been inserted into. Nanahara also has misgivings about his actions, and whether or not he is honoring the memories of his friends who died in his BR program. He broadcasts a hopeful message to the world, hoping that the younger generation will find a better way to live their lives in the chaos. The Americans send a missile strike to the island, putting the pressure on the Japanese to resolve the standoff. The military is sent in, and Nanahara’s forces are forced to fight for their lives.

Nanahara sends the students away through an escape tunnel; Shiori remains to fight alongside him. Nanahara’s forces are slowly whittled down until only he, Shiori, and another student, Takuma, remain. When Shiori is mortally wounded, she reveals her identity to Nanahara, and probes him about Kitano and Nakagawa, the girl Kitano had idolized and tried to save during his BR program. She realizes that Kitano was miserable because she failed to respect him as her father. Shiori dies, and Nanahara and Takuma prepare for their last stand. Unsatisfied with the progress of the battle, the Americans send another missile strike to destroy the island.

Top Billed Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Shuya Nanahara
Ai Maeda
Shiori Kitano (Girls #4)
Shugo Oshinari
Takuma Aoi (Boys #1)
Ayana Sakai
Nao Asakura (Girls #1)
Haruka Suenaga
Haruka Kuze (Girls #5)
Yuma Ishigaki
Mitsugu Sakai
Miyuki Kanbe
Kyoko Kakei (Girls #3)
Masaya Kikawada
Shintaro Makimura (Boys #15)
Yoko Maki
Maki Hayata
Yuki Ito
Ryo Kurosawa (Boys #4)
Natsuki Kato
Saki Sakurai
Aki Maeda
Noriko Nakagawa
Riki Takeuchi
Riki
Shinichi Chiba
Makio Mimura
Masahiko Tsugawa
Prime Minister
Yoshiko Mita
Takuma's Mother
Takeshi Kitano
Kitano

Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Aja
Kazumi Fukuda (Girls #15)
Munetaka Aoki
Jun Nanami (Boys #10)
Riasu Arama
Rena Niimi (Girls #11)
Seiichi Ebina
Tatsuro Morishima (Boys #19)
Ryoji Fujihira
Masami Shibaki (Boys #6)
Ayumi Hanada
Ryoko Hata (Girls #14)
Kenji Harada
Naoki Jo (Boys #8)
Hitomi Hasebu
Asuka Motomura (Girls #18)
Takaaki Ikeyama
Yasuaki Hosaka (Boys #13)
Asuka Ishii
Maho Nosaka (Girls #12)
Ai Iwamura
Mai
Kotaru Kamijo
Kenji Maezono (Boys #14)
Minami Kanazawa
Yuko Natsukawa (Girls #10)
Ryo Katsuji
Haruya Sakurai (Boys #5)
Asami Katsura
Risa Shindo (Girls #8)
Mika Kikuchi
Ayane Yagi (Girls #19)
Musashi Kubota
Wataru Mukai (Boys #18)
Maika Matsumoto
Shiho Matsuki (Girls #16)
Michiho Matsumoto
Sanae Shioda (Girls #7)
Yuko Morimoto
Kana Yuki (Girls #22)
Akio Moriuchi
Miki Ikeda (Girls #2)
Mitsu Murata
Soji Kazama
Chisato Miyao
Hibiki Yano (Girls #21)
Ami Nakagawa
Honami Totsuka (Girls #9)
Kayo Nayuki
Eri Yoshiyama (Girls #23)
Rika Sakaguchi
Yuka Mifune (Girls #17)
Makoto Sakamoto
Osamu Kasai (Boys #3)
Shoko Sato
Nozomi Sagisawa (Girls #6)
Takeru Shibaki
Shugo Urabe (Boys #2)
Sae Shimizu
Ai Yazawa (Girls #20)
Kei Tamura
Tatsuhiko Hasegawa (Boys #11)
Takeshi Tanaka
Masakatsu Taguchi (Boys #9)
Takashi Taniguchi
Special Forces Captain
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Shota Hikasa (Boys #12)
Toshihiro Wada
Satoshi Imakire
Kota Yamada
Tetsuya Shimura (Boys #7)
Kazuki Yamamoto
Yosuke Miyadai (Boys #17)
Nana Yanagisawa
Mayu Hasuda (Girls #13)
Takahiko Yanagisawa
Shiro Tosa
Yasutake Yuboku
Kiyoshi Minamoto (Boys #16)
Top Billed Cast

Shuya Nanahara
Tatsuya Fujiwara

Shiori Kitano (Girls #4)
Ai Maeda

Takuma Aoi (Boys #1)
Shugo Oshinari

Nao Asakura (Girls #1)
Ayana Sakai

Haruka Kuze (Girls #5)
Haruka Suenaga

Mitsugu Sakai
Yuma Ishigaki

Kyoko Kakei (Girls #3)
Miyuki Kanbe

Shintaro Makimura (Boys #15)
Masaya Kikawada

Maki Hayata
Yoko Maki

Ryo Kurosawa (Boys #4)
Yuki Ito

Saki Sakurai
Natsuki Kato

Noriko Nakagawa
Aki Maeda

Riki
Riki Takeuchi

Makio Mimura
Shinichi Chiba

Prime Minister
Masahiko Tsugawa

Takuma's Mother
Yoshiko Mita

Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Kazumi Fukuda (Girls #15)
Aja

Jun Nanami (Boys #10)
Munetaka Aoki

Rena Niimi (Girls #11)
Riasu Arama

Tatsuro Morishima (Boys #19)
Seiichi Ebina

Masami Shibaki (Boys #6)
Ryoji Fujihira

Ryoko Hata (Girls #14)
Ayumi Hanada

Naoki Jo (Boys #8)
Kenji Harada

Asuka Motomura (Girls #18)
Hitomi Hasebu

Yasuaki Hosaka (Boys #13)
Takaaki Ikeyama

Maho Nosaka (Girls #12)
Asuka Ishii

Mai
Ai Iwamura

Kenji Maezono (Boys #14)
Kotaru Kamijo

Yuko Natsukawa (Girls #10)
Minami Kanazawa

Haruya Sakurai (Boys #5)
Ryo Katsuji

Risa Shindo (Girls #8)
Asami Katsura

Ayane Yagi (Girls #19)
Mika Kikuchi

Wataru Mukai (Boys #18)
Musashi Kubota

Shiho Matsuki (Girls #16)
Maika Matsumoto

Sanae Shioda (Girls #7)
Michiho Matsumoto

Kana Yuki (Girls #22)
Yuko Morimoto

Miki Ikeda (Girls #2)
Akio Moriuchi

Soji Kazama
Mitsu Murata

Hibiki Yano (Girls #21)
Chisato Miyao

Honami Totsuka (Girls #9)
Ami Nakagawa

Eri Yoshiyama (Girls #23)
Kayo Nayuki

Yuka Mifune (Girls #17)
Rika Sakaguchi

Osamu Kasai (Boys #3)
Makoto Sakamoto

Nozomi Sagisawa (Girls #6)
Shoko Sato

Shugo Urabe (Boys #2)
Takeru Shibaki

Ai Yazawa (Girls #20)
Sae Shimizu

Tatsuhiko Hasegawa (Boys #11)
Kei Tamura

Masakatsu Taguchi (Boys #9)
Takeshi Tanaka

Special Forces Captain
Takashi Taniguchi

Shota Hikasa (Boys #12)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Satoshi Imakire
Toshihiro Wada

Tetsuya Shimura (Boys #7)
Kota Yamada

Yosuke Miyadai (Boys #17)
Kazuki Yamamoto

Mayu Hasuda (Girls #13)
Nana Yanagisawa

Shiro Tosa
Takahiko Yanagisawa

Kiyoshi Minamoto (Boys #16)
Yasutake Yuboku