Battle Royale – the original 2000 cult classic – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, August 24 – 10:30 pm only!
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku – 2000 – 114m – Japan – In Japanese with English subtitles.
A Midnite Concessions Screening! Door Prizes from Scum Pit Toys, Morgue & Krypt Horror Fest, Astro-Zombies and Shirtpop Tees!
One of the most controversial films in history! In 2000, director Kinji Fukasaku unleashed Battle Royale, his violently poetic epic about an innocent group of Junior High students forced by the government to hunt and kill their classmates for sport. It was nominated for 10 Japanese Academy Awards, launched a global phenomenon, and banned from screens by frightened civic groups and distributors across America.
“Before The Hunger Games there was Battle Royale. The bloody spectacle of Japanese schoolchildren being forced into a sadistic game of “last man standing” packs an emotional wallop.” – Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International
“A masterpiece of mayhem, violence and unfettered teen melodrama.” – R.L. Shaffer, IGN
The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Ave NE in the Nob Hill area.
Website: GuildCinema.com