Battle Royale
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Battle Royale is a controversial and influential 2000 Japanese dystopian action film in which a class of students is forced by the government to fight to the death on a remote island.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle Royale canonical | 2 |
| Battle Royale (novel) | 1 |
| Battle Royale: Director's Cut | 1 |
| バトル・ロワイアル | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13455779 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle Royale Context triple: [Kō Shibasaki, notableWork, Battle Royale]
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A.
Ikaruga
Ikaruga is a town in Nara Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its ancient Buddhist temples and historic sites, including the UNESCO-listed Hōryū-ji area.
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B.
The Recruit
The Recruit is a 2003 spy thriller film starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell that follows a young CIA trainee drawn into a web of deception and espionage.
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C.
Tokyo Raid
Tokyo Raid is the common name for the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air attack on the Japanese home islands during World War II, launched in April 1942 as a morale-boosting strike following Pearl Harbor.
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D.
Banshenchas
Banshenchas is a medieval Irish genealogical tract that records and organizes the pedigrees of notable Irish families and dynasties.
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E.
Okehazama no Tatakai
Okehazama no Tatakai is a pivotal 1560 battle in Japan in which the outnumbered Oda Nobunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto, marking the beginning of Nobunaga’s rise to power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle Royale Target entity description: Battle Royale is a controversial and influential 2000 Japanese dystopian action film in which a class of students is forced by the government to fight to the death on a remote island.
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A.
Ikaruga
Ikaruga is a town in Nara Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its ancient Buddhist temples and historic sites, including the UNESCO-listed Hōryū-ji area.
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B.
The Recruit
The Recruit is a 2003 spy thriller film starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell that follows a young CIA trainee drawn into a web of deception and espionage.
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C.
Tokyo Raid
Tokyo Raid is the common name for the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air attack on the Japanese home islands during World War II, launched in April 1942 as a morale-boosting strike following Pearl Harbor.
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D.
Banshenchas
Banshenchas is a medieval Irish genealogical tract that records and organizes the pedigrees of notable Irish families and dynasties.
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E.
Okehazama no Tatakai
Okehazama no Tatakai is a pivotal 1560 battle in Japan in which the outnumbered Oda Nobunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto, marking the beginning of Nobunaga’s rise to power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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action film ⓘ dystopian film ⓘ film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| alternateVersion |
Battle Royale: Director's Cut
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linked to:
Battle Royale
|
| basedOn |
Battle Royale (novel)
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linked to:
Battle Royale
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| basedOnAuthor | Koushun Takami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Kitano
ⓘ
Noriko Nakagawa ⓘ Shuya Nanahara ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Katsumi Yanagishima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| cultStatus | cult film ⓘ |
| director | Kinji Fukasaku ⓘ |
| distributor |
Toei Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Tōei Company
|
| editingBy | Hirohide Abe ⓘ |
| fictionalProgram | BR Act ⓘ |
| filmRatingJapan | R-15 ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
dystopian ⓘ science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| governmentInFiction | Republic of Greater East Asia ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Battle Royale II: Requiem ⓘ |
| influenced |
The Hunger Games (franchise)
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linked to:
The Hunger Games
battle royale video game genre ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adolescence
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authoritarianism ⓘ social control ⓘ survival ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| musicBy | Masamichi Amano ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversy
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graphic violence ⓘ influence on battle royale genre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A class of junior high school students is forced by the government to fight to the death on a remote island. ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Toei Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Tōei Company
|
| publicationDate | 2000-12-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 113 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kenta Fukasaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | near-future Japan ⓘ |
| setOn | remote island ⓘ |
| starring |
Aki Maeda
NERFINISHED
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Takeshi Kitano ⓘ Tatsuya Fujiwara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle Royale Description of subject: Battle Royale is a controversial and influential 2000 Japanese dystopian action film in which a class of students is forced by the government to fight to the death on a remote island.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle Royale
linked to: Battle Royale
linked to: Battle Royale