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Battle Royale AKA Batoru rowaiaru (2000)
42 students, three days, one survivor, no rules.Director: Kinji Fukasaku
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
- R0 UK by Arrow Entertainment has both versions of the film and the best overall extras, including many exclusive ones but no DTS.
- R1 US Anchor Bay includes both cuts, an English dub, plus the sequel. But note, it misses a some extras found on the Arrow release.
- The Korean R0 Starmax editions has a DTS soundtrack and good extras but only the Director’s Cut is offered.
- R2 Germany boxset has both versions of the film, good extras and a DTS soundtrack on the Theatrical version, but only a DD 2.0 one on the Director’s cut and only disc four is English-friendly.
- R2 German/Austrian UE offers probably the widest selection of bonus materials, but it isn’t English-friendly.
The R0 UK SE/CE and the R2 Scandinavian editions are unfortunately NTSC→PAL conversions and should be avoided.
General notes:- From an English subtitles point of view, the original Tartan release has dreadful burnt-in, hard-to-read subtitles, and the Universe subtitles, although removable, have grammatical and spelling errors throughout.
- However the UK Re-released NTSC 5.1 Version from Tartan and the two 2-disc versions have removable clear, grammar- and spelling-error-free subtitles.
- In the Korean "Starmax version", the subtitling for the scenes that were added for the Director’s Cut is downright wretched, and due to the font used can be a little hard to read at times. The Cream Korean release has a better font but overall the Tartan 2-disc subtitles seem to be the best and most accurate.
- The following versions of the movie are known:
- The Theatrical Version (113 minutes)
- The Director’s Cut (121 minutes) containing 8 minutes of additional footage, along with some audio and visual effects changes. — For detailed information on the additional footage in this cut, please consult this web page.
- The Theatrical Version (113 minutes)
Several comparisons are available on DVD Beaver:
A visual comparison is also available at caps-a-holic.
- R0 UK by Arrow Entertainment has both versions of the film and the best overall extras, including many exclusive ones but no DTS.
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CUTS:
- R0 Special Edition Australia- Toei Video/Shock Records - No cuts – Theatrical Version (108:30 PAL).
- R0 Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts. Director's Cut (116:15 PAL).
- R0 Boxset South Korea- Wision - No cuts – Director's Cut (121:05 NTSC).
- R0 Director’s Cut South Korea- Starmax - No cuts – Director's Cut (121:00 NTSC).
- R0 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts – contains both the Theatrical Version (109:08 PAL) and the Director's Cut (116:52 PAL).
- R0 Collector’s Edition: Director’s Cut United Kingdom- Tartan - No cuts – Director's Cut (121:22 PAL).
- R0 Original Release United Kingdom- Tartan - No cuts – Theatrical Version.
- R0 Re-Release United Kingdom- Tartan - No cuts – Theatrical version (112:56 NTSC).
- R0 Special Edition: Director’s Cut United Kingdom- Tartan - No cuts – Director's Cut (121:22 PAL).
- R1 America- Starz/Anchor Bay - No Cuts – Director's Cut.
- R1 The Complete Collection America- Starz/Anchor Bay - No cuts – contains both Theatrical Version and Director's Cut.
- R2 Special Edition Austria- Capelight Pictures / NSM - No cuts – contains both Theatrical Version (109:13 PAL) and Director’s Cut (116:58 PAL).
- R2 Ultimate Edition Austria- Capelight Pictures / NSM - No cuts – contains both Theatrical Version (109:13 PAL) and Director’s Cut (116:58 PAL).
- R2 France- M6 Vidéo - No cuts – Theatrical Version (108:34 PAL).
- R2 Perfect Collection Edition Germany- Marketing Film - No cuts – contains both the Theatrical Version and the Director's Cut.
- R2 Special Edition Germany- Capelight Pictures / NSM - No cuts – contains both Theatrical Version (109:13 PAL) and Director’s Cut (116:58 PAL).
- R2 Japan- Toei - No cuts – Theatrical Version.
- R2 Special Edition Japan- Toei - No cuts – Director’s Cut.
- R2 Scandinavia- Worldwide Cinema/Oy Future Film Ab - No Cuts. Theatrical version (113:30 PAL).
- R2 Special Edition Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts – contains both the Theatrical version (113:30 NTSC->PAL) and the Director’s Cut (121:33 NTSC->PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts – Theatrical Version (109:12 PAL).
- R3 Hong Kong- Universe Laser - No cuts – Theatrical Version.
- R3 Director’s Cut South Korea- Cream - No cuts – Director's Cut (121:00 NTSC).
- R4 Director’s Cut Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts – Director's Cut (116:16 PAL).
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Comparison added by David on 13/01/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 03/01/23UPDATE LOG:
07/12/12: Correction to Anchor Bay releases.
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14/12/13: Addition of the R2 Austrian and R4 Australian editions.
29/05/14: Added caps-a-holic link.
01/06/14: Modified Overall links.
18/07/15: Added R0 2012 Scandinavian release.
11/04/16: Added R2 UK (Arrowdrome).
12/09/16: Corrected R3 Cream audio.
03/01/23: added Germany Capelight.
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