<Battle Royale> Hymn

Aida 2022-04-22 07:01:13

Some movies make people feel warm, some movies make people sad, and some movies make people watch, their hearts are mixed, both warm and scary, sad and shocking. Battle Royale is the last of these. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Japanese novelist Mitsuharu Takamie.

The story is about an already saturated world economy bringing unprecedented economic depression to Asian countries. At the beginning of the new century, a country completely collapsed, the complete unemployment rate exceeded 15%, and 10 million unemployed people spread all over the country. People who have lost the confidence to survive begin to threaten innocent children. 800,000 children and students across the country refuse to go to school. Teachers in the school were also subjected to violence by students, and the number of dead was as high as 1,200. At this time, a new law was introduced. The BR Act is the general name for the New Century Education Reform Act. The so-called BR Act is to dispel the resentment of citizens against the collapse of schools and vicious crimes against despicable teenagers; in order to train teenagers to overcome all kinds of difficulties in adversity, and thus obtain the ability to survive with perseverance; The adults took back the rights that belonged to them. Every year, a class is randomly selected from the third grades of junior high schools across the country, and students are sent to a desolate place with restricted movement. Give each student a map, food, and various weapons and let them kill each other until only one remains. The time limit is 3 days. Students are required to wear special collars that explode on their own in violation of the rules. During this period, students who kill, cause harm, and carry firearms are not subject to legal restrictions.

The music and performances of the movie are very good. Although Kitano Takeshi is playing a "evil" teacher, I can always see the kindness in his slightly sloppy face. Influenced by Summer. Although the story is a bit perverted in the eyes of ordinary people, I think it is not necessary to use such an extreme way to educate children, but let’s put aside these arguments first, if such a thing really happens, or if it happens to me on the body, what would I do? So let me first recall the chronological order of death types. [From memory, there may be deviations]


There are two types of classmates who die first: panic and abandonment. The former were completely irrational, slaughtering and hacking without a head, and soon died because they were not calm enough as murderers. It's not cold-blooded enough, they're also scared while killing people. The giving up type is to reject the game from the heart. They choose to quit, and the way to quit is to commit suicide, so 2 couples jumped into the sea and 1 pair of friends hanged.

Those who died next belonged to the type who were too kind and alone and the type that avenged private revenge. For example, Noriko's good friend Keiko is like this, because she believes in photons, and then she is easily killed by photons. The latter one, such as Shimizu, knew that Photon killed several classmates, and usually felt that Photon stole the person she liked. When Photon pretended to be pitiful, he underestimated the enemy and was solved by Photon.

In addition, the single person will die sooner. If you fight alone, if you don’t want to be bloodthirsty like Tongshan, or you can sell your body like Photon, pretend to be pitiful and be good at disguise, the single person will die faster. But they are usually not completely gentle and kind, such as Qiancao, who are also very strong in character. There is also a fir who lived very far behind, because his weapon is a GPS tracker, and he can see which enemies are around. This weapon is a very good one.

So who are the people who survived the comparison?

A women's group, there are 6 people in it, they live together in the lighthouse, they have good weapons, and they take turns to stand guard, hoping to find a way to escape. However, the seemingly harmonious team began to change because Shanmu sent the injured Qiuya to them. Qiuya was attacked by his classmates before. Qiuya's weapon was a pot lid and Damu was a knife. Being stabbed to the head by a knife, this scene was seen by Satomi in the girl group. She thought it was Qiuya who killed Ogi, so Qiuya's arrival made her uneasy. She is a shy type, and her weapon is poison. Therefore, When Gu Zeyao was making the pasta, she suggested that she should bring it to Qiuye, but at this moment Xiang Xiang came in, and the cheerful Yu Xiang picked up the plate and took a sip. When everyone was discussing things, Xiang Xiang gushed. Die with blood. The remaining five people, except Satomi who was poisoned, one of the most emotionally unstable people picked up a gun and aimed at their friends. They blamed each other and didn't know who was poisoned. die. And the poisoned Satomi said to Qiu Ye: I almost forgot that we were all good friends. He jumped into the sea from the lighthouse and died. This scene shocked me. Trust is so fragile that it can collapse in an instant.

Photon and Tongshan also belong to the category of later death. They belong to the ruthless type, but such people have no friends. Although they use very despicable methods to live to the back of the comparison, they still "do too much injustice and kill themselves".

My favorite is the 3 boys' groups. Among them, Sancun has a lot of computer and knowledge. He used computer hackers to invade the headquarters system. During the period when he designed the virus, he directed 2 good friends to find fertilizers, sulfur and other things. made explosives. When they successfully invaded the headquarters system, they ushered in 15 minutes of precious time to blow up the headquarters, so that they could let their classmates quit the game without worrying about the collar exploding. It was a pity that he was killed by the bloodthirsty Kiriyama! ! But I think such ideas and practices are very worthy of appreciation. They have not given up hope of survival, nor have they given up their conscience and kindness. I remember that Mimura told the other two people what he thought and said: How do you choose, choose to fight this battle with me, or let's fight to the death now. The trust between the three of them is very close, which is related to their respective kind and open characters.


The last three people are very representative, one is Kawada, he belongs to the category of very good survivability, he can cook, fight, medicine, sailing, his body is also very good, and he has a brain, and he chooses to cooperate with people [selected is the hero and heroine]. The male and female protagonists belong to lovers, but the male Qiu also estimates that his popularity in the class is not bad. He and Mimura are good friends. He has always wanted to protect Noriko. Noriko is a girl who has no special desires and is very kind. She knows how to care about others, and she does not when the whole class is skipping class. They are easily trusted by people. Although Kawada died in the end, in my opinion, it was due to the needs of the plot, but it is not difficult to see that his survivability is the strongest. However, the weakest Noriko survived. From the perspective of survival, she is definitely not a powerful character. It is estimated that she and her good friend Keiko will be resolved very early, because she has a good personality, so there are people around her. Many people who are willing to protect her, such as Qiuye, such as Kawada, and even the head teacher, Kitano Takeshi, in the last painting, all the people are killing each other, only one girl, with a halo around her head, that person is Noriko. Dianzi is like the sentence I saw from my sister some time ago: the best kind is like water, and the most tender person wins the world. In fact, it is best to combine both rigidity and softness, just as Li Xinpin said that the survivability is very good, and there is a soft side.

Some people say that this movie is very violent and bloody, but it is not comparable to many movies, but from a profound point of view, it is indeed a very, very good movie. Sometimes such extreme contrasts can make people feel the value of some beautiful and warm things. I was wondering, if all the people had the opportunity to see a movie like this, would there be some changes when they entered the battle royale game? Is it really that far from life? No, maybe there will be such a dilemma one day...

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Extended Reading
  • Ahmad 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    Youth and violence are beautiful and cruel, but they have always been the back of the mirror. You can say that you are a Japanese pervert. Fukasaku Shinji is cruel to have such a crazy film, but this kind of expansion and exploration of human nature in a desperate situation is indeed true and cruel. Yes, how can we see the true appearance of the kind people around us when we are not in a desperate situation?

  • Gus 2022-01-26 08:16:08

    The rules of killing each other finally survived but didn't kill people. The teacher who seemed to understand everything could not even maintain his own family. The small circle is analogous to the larger environment, and it satirizes social deformities by point-to-face. Personally, I have always felt that Japan is a kind of seemingly humble and polite, but in fact, it is a perverted nation under heavy pressure.

Battle Royale quotes

  • Shougo Kawada: There's a way out of this game. Kill yourselves together, here, now. If you can't do that, then don't trust anyone... just run.

  • Shuya: Did you bandage me, Utsumi?

    Yukie Utsumi: Yeah.

    Yukie Utsumi: [laughing] Never touched a guy before... you like Noriko, huh?

    Shuya: Why?

    Yukie Utsumi: [smiling] I know all about you, Nanahara. You know what that means?

    Shuya: [confused] What?