Title: Battle Royale (IMDb)
Starring: Aki Maeda
Released: 13th December 2010
SRP: £24.99 (DVD) £29.99 (BD)

Further Details:
Arrow Video has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of the Battle Royale for the 13th of December, priced at around £24.99 and £29.99 respectively. This will be a strictly limited edition of 10,000 copies (upped from 5,000 due to overwhelming demand) containing two cuts of the movie and a host of bonus material. All announced specs follow, along with the artwork (sorry it's low res).

• BRAND NEW RESTORED HIGH DEFINITION TRANSFER OF BOTH FILMS
• BRAND NEW SUBTITLE TRANSLATION ON BOTH FEATURES
• LIMITED EDITION PACKAGING NUMBERED #/10000 WITH CERTIFICATE
• LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL FEATURES

DISC 1 – THEATRICAL CUT: SPECIAL FEATURES

• ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER
• THE MAKING OF BATTLE ROYALE: THE EXPERIENCE OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
• CONDUCTING BATTLE ROYALE WITH THE WARSAW NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

DISC 2 – SPECIAL EDITION [DIRECTOR’S CUT]: SPECIAL FEATURES

• SPECIAL EDITION TRAILER
• TV SPOT: TARANTINO VERSION
• SHOOTING THE SPECIAL EDITION
• TAKESHI KITANO INTERVIEW
• THE CORRECT WAY TO MAKE BATTLE ROYALE [BIRTHDAY VERION]
• TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTATION

DISC 3 – SPECIAL FEATURES

• OPENING DAY AT MARU NO UCHI TOEI MOVIE THEATRE
• THE SLAUGHTER OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
• PREMIERE PRESS CONFERENCE
• THE CORRECT WAY TO FIGHT IN BATTLE ROYALE
• ROYALE REHEARSALS
• MASAMICHI AMANO CONDUCTS BATTLE ROYALE
• SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPARISON
• BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE
• FILMING ON SET
• TV SPOTS, PROMOS AND COMMERCIALS
• KINJI FUKASAKU TRAILER REEL
• 36 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:
• ‘A BATTLE WITHOUT AN END’ BY TOM MES, AUTHOR OF ‘THE MIDNIGHT EYE GUIDE TO NEW JAPANESE FILM’
• PRINTED INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR KINJI FUKASAKU
• ‘TODAY’S LESSON IS... YOU KILL EACH OTHER’ BY JAY MCROY, AUTHOR OF ‘JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA’ [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• EXTRACT FROM KOUSHUN TAKAMI’S ORIGINAL NOVEL [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL INCLUDING DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT, CAST AND CREW BIOGS [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• 16 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:
• CONCEPT ARTWORK AND DRAWINGS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION SET [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• 5X7” POSTCARDS OF STILLS FROM THE FILM [LE EXCLUSIVE]FOLD-OUT REVERSIBLE POSTER OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK

• BRAND NEW RESTORED TRANSFER IN GLORIOUS HIGH DEFINITION 1080P OF BOTH FILMS
• BRAND NEW SUBTITLE TRANSLATION ON BOTH FEATURES
• LIMITED EDITION PACKAGING NUMBERED #/10000 WITH CERTIFICATE
• LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL FEATURES

DISC 1 – THEATRICAL CUT: SPECIAL FEATURES

• ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER
• THE MAKING OF BATTLE ROYALE: THE EXPERIENCE OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
• CONDUCTING BATTLE ROYALE WITH THE WARSAW NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

DISC 2 – SPECIAL EDITION [DIRECTOR’S CUT]: SPECIAL FEATURES

• SPECIAL EDITION TRAILER
• TV SPOT: TARANTINO VERSION
• SHOOTING THE SPECIAL EDITION
• TAKESHI KITANO INTERVIEW
• THE CORRECT WAY TO MAKE BATTLE ROYALE [BIRTHDAY VERION]
• TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTATION

DISC 3 – SPECIAL FEATURES

• OPENING DAY AT MARU NO UCHI TOEI MOVIE THEATRE
• THE SLAUGHTER OF 42 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
• PREMIERE PRESS CONFERENCE
• THE CORRECT WAY TO FIGHT IN BATTLE ROYALE
• ROYALE REHEARSALS
• MASAMICHI AMANO CONDUCTS BATTLE ROYALE
• SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPARISON
• BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE
• FILMING ON SET
• TV SPOTS, PROMOS AND COMMERCIALS
• KINJI FUKASAKU TRAILER REEL
• 36 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:
• ‘A BATTLE WITHOUT AN END’ BY TOM MES, AUTHOR OF ‘THE MIDNIGHT EYE GUIDE TO NEW JAPANESE FILM’
• PRINTED INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR KINJI FUKASAKU
• ‘TODAY’S LESSON IS... YOU KILL EACH OTHER’ BY JAY MCROY, AUTHOR OF ‘JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA’ [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• EXTRACT FROM KOUSHUN TAKAMI’S ORIGINAL NOVEL [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL INCLUDING DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT, CAST AND CREW BIOGS [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• 16 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDING:
• CONCEPT ARTWORK AND DRAWINGS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION SET [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• 5X7” POSTCARDS OF STILLS FROM THE FILM [LE EXCLUSIVE]
• FOLD-OUT REVERSIBLE POSTER OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK

 
 
 
 
 

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