Battle Royale (Batoru rowaiaru) (2000) [Reclassified 2014]

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Synopsis

Japanese-language Action. Based on the novel by Koushun Takami. In the near future, a ninth-grade Japanese class is selected to participate in a radical government initiative where they fight each other to their death.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, most involving children, some in a context of suicide – blood, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use, most involving children

Thematic elements

• The dynamics of teen relationships
• The struggle to survive
• Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for gory genre violence involving children

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