Battle Royale

is a film released on December 16, 2000, in Japan — based on the novel of the same name — released on April 22. The film was directed by Kinji Fukasaku and written by Kenta Fukasaku, and stars Takeshi Kitano and Tatsuya Fujiwara. Like the novel on which it is based, it aroused much controversy. A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed. The music soundtracks for both movies were composed, arranged and conducted by Masamichi Amano, performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and features pieces of real classical music with some original composition. The choral classical music used as the film's main theme music is "Dies Irae" from Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem. Describing the film as a "fable", Fukasaku has stated that the novel reminded him of his time as a 15-year old munitions factory worker, so he decided to create the film adaptation. When he was 15 years old, Fukasaku's class was drafted, and he worked as a munitions worker during World War II. In July 1945, the class was... full article at wikipedia