The premise: A class of Japanese junior-high students are armed, dumped on a deserted island, and forced to participate in a huge death match. The sole survivor wins a ticket back into society.
All right... I'm intrigued. Unfortunately, most of the information available on the flick in written in Japanese. The handful of English reviews I've come across just leave me wanting more.
And so I turn to my fellow b-movie freaks.
Does anybody out there have any more info on this picture, or -- better yet -- heard any word of an American release? As far as that goes, I'd even be interested to hear about an English translation of the novel on which the film's based or the manga adaptation.
The flick's only been out in Japan about a year, so I'm not exactly holding my breath that it'll already be available here, but one can only hope it will be in the foreseeable future.
At any rate, for those who've yet to hear of this movie, you can check out the official site if you'd like -- of course, it's in Japanese, but it does have trailers.
Battle Royale- Chunkstyle