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BATTLE ROYALE by Kenji Fukasaku
English translations of text from the subtitles in the movie,
checked for grammar by Gregory Pietsch
Western-style script formatting, descriptions of scenes,
other enhancements by Gregory Pietsch
based on the novel by Koushun Takami
OPENING CRAWL
At the dawn of the millenium, the
nation collapsed. At 15% unemployment,
10 million were out of work.
800,000 students boycotted school. The
adults lost confidence, and fearing
the youth, eventually passed the Millenium
Educational Reform Act, A.K.A. the
Battle Royale Act.
EXT.DAY
A helicopter hovers overhead.
REPORTER
This year, Zentsuji Middle School
#4's Class E was chosen from among
43,000 ninth grade classes. This
year's game, said to be more blistering
than the last...
A military jeep pulls up, with Mai, the winner, in the back. Her
school uniform is tattered and blood-stained, and she is
carrying a doll, also blood-stained. She looks sullen.
REPORTER
Oh, look, there! There she is! The
winner is a girl! Surviving a
fierce battle that raged two days,
seven hours, and 43 minutes, The winner
is a girl!
Mai lifts her head up and flashes a creepy smile. She
REPORTER
Look, she is smiling! Smiling!
The smile looks creepier.
REPORTER
The girl definitely just smiled!
OPENING CREDITS
FADE IN on the class picture of Shiroiwa Junior High,
CUT TO: Close-up of the teacher, Kitano. Hold a few seconds.
CUT TO: Close-up of Boy #15, Shuya Nanahara.
SHUYA (V.O.)
Mom left when I was in fourth
grade, and my first day of seventh
grade, Dad hung himself.
INT.NANAHARA APARTMENT
Shuya come home from school to find his father hanging, with toilet
paper draped around his neck.
The toilet paper reads: "Go, Shuya! You can make it, Shuya!"
Shuya looks at this shocking scene, goes into the bathroom, and
throws up.
SHUYA (V.O.)
Everything was crazy. I didn't have
a clue what to do, and no one to
show me either.
INT.SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Kitano (the teacher) is erasing the blackboard, which reads,
"We took the day off because we wanted to. Class B." No one
else is in the classroom.
A female student, Noriko Nakagawa, enters the class.
NORIKO
Good morning!
KITANO
What?
NORIKO
I'm sorry, I'm late and I don't
know what's going on.
Kitano erases the blackboard and leaves the class, followed by
Noriko.
INT.HALL
As Kitano passes a door to another classroom, Yoshitoki Kuninobu
suddenly runs out of the door and stabs Kitano in the
buttock with a knife. He runs down the hall, bumps into
Noriko and drops the knife. Noriko picks up the knife, hides
it behind her. Kitano limps over to a faucet and cleans
himself off.
SHUYA (V.O.)
Soon after that incident, that
teacher left our school.
INT.BASKETBALL COURT
Shuya and the rest of Class 1-B are playing Class 1-A.
The five players on the floor for 1-B are Shuya Nanahara,
Shinji Mimura, Keita Iijima, Hiroki Sugimura and Yoji
Kuramoto. From the looks of it, Nanahara, Mimura, and
Sugimura at the least are talented athletes.
The rest of the class cheers them on, with some of the girls
dressed as cheerleaders. The new teacher, Hayashida, is also
cheering them on.
SHUYA (V.O.)
No matter how crazy the world was
getting, we all managed to have
fun.
The ball is tipped. Shuya, Mimura, and Sugimura pass the
ball around and get plenty of screen time. As Mimura makes
the winning shot as time winds down, the rest of the class
runs to the floor to congratulate them.
One girl, Mitsuko "Hardcore" Souma, the class trollop, does not
join in the celebration. She simply leaves the gymnasium,
alone.
INT.BUS
SHUYA (V.O.)
And so, our compulsory education
was coming to an end.
The class is on a field trip. The teacher, Hayashida, looks out
the bus's windows and notices that the bus route is lined
with military jeeps.
The two girls sitting on either side of Hayashida, Satomi Noda
and Yukie Utsumi, notice the distraction. Utsumi is the
class vice president.
NODA & UTSUMI
Teacher!
HAYASHIDA
Sorry, I was distracted.
The girl sitting next to Noriko, Megumi Eto, is the class photographer.
Her camera is a Polaroid instamatic.
MEGUMI
(to Noriko, who is sitting
beside her)
Let's go.
They go to where Kuninobu and Shuya are sitting.
MEGUMI & NORIKO
Sorry! Sorry, let us through!
NORIKO
Nanahara, I baked some cookies for
us to share. For you too, Nobu.
KUNINOBU
For real?
Kuninobu takes some cookies. Megumi has her camera out.
MEGUMI
Look over here!
KUNINOBU
Okay.
MEGUMI
Say cheese!
Megumi takes a photo of Shuya, Noriko, and Kuninobu.
MEGUMI
Noriko has been waiting to give you
the cookies.
NORIKO
Megumi!
MEGUMI
It's okay.
KUNINOBU
(to Shuya)
You eat some too.
SHUYA
No, you go ahead.
KUNINOBU
Noriko, thanks for getting me to
come back to school.
NORIKO
I'm glad too, Nobu.
MEGUMI
Picture's ready!
Megumi gives the picture to Kuninobu, who looks at it. Kuninobu's head
is cut off in the photo.
KUNINOBU
I'm hardly in it!
Megumi laughs.
INT.BUS NIGHT
The bus enters a tunnel. Sinister music plays. The students
on the bus are gassed, fall asleep.
Shuya, who was sleeping on his arm, wakes up as the arm
gives way. He notices that all the students and teacher have
fallen asleep. He stumbles to the back of the bus to find
Noriko's cookies.
The bus driver and a guide, who sits in the front, are wearing
gas masks. The guide gets up, walks back to Shuya, and
whacks him in the head with a baton. Shuya falls back
asleep.
EXT.ISLAND NIGHT
A few seconds of the waves coming ashore at night.
INT.SCHOOL (D-6 ON MAP) NIGHT
The gas wears off. The students are surprised to find themselves
inside a school room. Shuya wakes up, nursing the whopper he received
on the bus. He gets up, and notices that he is wearing an
electronic metal collar around his neck.
After a few seconds of orienting himself, he notices the other
students in the room, all with metal collars around their
necks similar to the one he is wearing.
He goes over to Noriko, notices the collar.
SHUYA
(shaking Noriko)
Hey, Nakagawa!
Shaking her awake is not working too well. He goes over to Kuninobu,
notices that he is wearing a collar as well.
SHUYA
(shaking Kuninobu)
Nobu!
KUNINOBU
(groggily)
Huh? What?
The students wake up and notice that they are in a darkened room.
Shuya notices an older guy with a bandana around his head in
the corner, Shogo Kawada. He looks menacing.
In the other corner of the room is another guy who looks older
than the rest of the class, Kazuo Kiriyama. He has wild
hair, and looks even more menacing than Kawada.
Light comes through the windows. The kids rush to look out and
see a helicopter land. A military escort rushes to the
helicopter and a guard, Lieutenant Anjo, opens the door.
Kitano, wearing a track suit, comes out of the helicopter.
The soldiers escort Kitano to the room.
ANJO
After you.
Kitano enters, escorted by Anjo and a few armed soldiers. Someone
turns the lights on. A soldier knocks over a desk. Kitano
takes his place at the front of the room.
KUNINOBU
Kitano?!
Girl #10 Hirono Shimizu is in Mitsuko Souma's clique.
SHIMIZU
Kitano?! Can't be!
KITANO
Okay, sit down.
ANJO
(shouting like a drill
instructor)
Sit down! Now!
The class sits down on the floor. There are some chairs, which
are taken.
KITANO
It's been a while. I'm Kitano, your
seventh grade teacher. I'm taking
Class B over again. Let's be
friends. We have two transfer
students: Shogo Kawada ...
(points Kawada out)
over there, and Kazuo Kiriyama ...
(points Kiriyama out)
over there. Be nice to them.
Kitano goes to the chalkboard and writes "The BR Act" in big letters
on it.
Boy #10 Ryuhei Sasagawa has long hair and is a stoner type.
SASAGAWA
Where the hell are we?
UTSUMI
What's going on here?
NODA
Who are these people?
KITANO
(points to the board)
Do you know this law?
Pause. Dead silence.
KITANO
No good. That's what this country
has become. Do you want to know
why?
Kitano throws chalk at Yoji Kuramoto, who was whispering to his
girlfriend, Yoshimi Yahagi. Yahagi is in Souma's clique.
KITANO
No whispering, dammit!
YAHAGI
(to Kitano)
You asshole!
KITANO
When someone is talking, shut up
and listen.
Kitano pushes Yahagi away in the forehead.
Girl #13 Takako Chigusa raises her hand. She is a pretty girl,
considered by the boys to be the second-most beautiful in
the class after Mitsuko Souma, and a track star.
CHIGUSA
Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?
KITANO
Chigusa, can't you wait a little?
(to the class)
I missed you guys.
(to Kuninobu)
Kuninobu, man, my ass hurt. Before
I quit, I told you not to bother
coming, that you were no good. And
you really started boycotting
school. That's no good. You're no
good, but you thought you'd come on
the class trip anyway, huh?
Kuninobu makes a face at Kitano, who slaps Kuninobu.
KITANO
Listen up! Because of folks like
Kuninobu here, this country is
absolutely no good anymore! So the
bigwigs got together and passed
this law. Battle Royale!
We hear a sinister music chord.
KITANO
So, today's lesson is ... you kill
each other off until there's only
one left. Nothing's against the
rules!
Boy #2, Keita Iijima, laughs. He is the class clown.
KITANO
What's funny?
Girl #5, Izumi Kanai, is puzzled. She is in the same gang as Sasagawa,
its only female member.
KANAI
Teacher, I don't understand what
you are saying. This can't possibly
...
KITANO
Actually, your teacher, Hayashida,
deeply opposed the selection of
Class B.
Soldiers wheel Hayashida's body in on a gurney, under a sheet.
Kitano pulls the sheet off to reveal that Hayashida has been
shot in the back of the head, execution style. The students
gasp.
KITANO
Now, calm down! Okay, this is a no
good adult! You have to work hard
to become not like him!
The soldiers wheel Hayashida's body out of the room.
KITANO
Time to watch the video. Don't fall
asleep, now!
Anjo pushes the play button on the video remote control. The television
turns on.
The video has a cheesy splash screen with a title, "The
Right Way to Fight a Battle Royale! by the BR Action
Committee".
The video training woman looks like she's in her mid-twenties.
She looks way too perky and addresses everyone the same way
a kindergarten teacher addresses her class. She's dressed as
if she were going hiking and is wearing a T-shirt with the
letters "BR" on it. She salutes the class.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Hello, everyone in Shiroiwa Junior
High, Class 3-B!
KITANO
(acting like a kindergartener,
addressing the video)
Hello!
The rest of the class is silent.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
You are the lucky class chosen for
this year's Battle
KITANO
(still acting like a
kindergartener)
Thank you very much!
The rest of the class is silent.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Now, I'm going to explain the rules
for you. Listen well to fight right
and with gusto!
The video graphic shows the video training woman in front of a
topographical map of the island.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
You are on a deserted island that
looks like this! It's about ten
kilometers around, but we evacuated
everyone, so it's empty!
Kitano suddenly pauses the video. He catches Girl #18 Fumiyo Fujiyoshi whispering
something to Yukie Utsumi.
KITANO
I said no whispering!
Kitano throws a knife at Fujiyoshi. The knife impales Fujiyoshi
squarely in the forehead. She falls to the floor and dies.
The students are startled.
KITANO
All right, move, move!
He walks over to Fujiyoshi's body.
KITANO
(to Fujiyoshi)
Sorry. It's against the rules for
me to kill, isn't it?
Kitano kicks the body over so that Fujiyoshi is lying on her back.
A graphic reads: "GIRL #18: FUMIYO FUJIYOSHI DEAD. 41
PLAYERS LEFT."
Kitano stands over the body and pulls the knife out of Fujiyoshi's
forehead. The students panic and start running around.
Soldiers fire automatic weapons at the ceiling to calm the
students down. Then they aim for the floor to push the
students back. Kitano looks at the chaos around
In the chaos, a bullet grazes Noriko in the left arm. Kuninobu
and Shuya go over to her and inspect the damage.
SHUYA
Noriko! Noriko!
KUNINOBU
(to Kitano)
You asshole!
Kuninobu charges at Kitano.
SHUYA
Nobu!
Kitano catches Kuninobu and, using the same knife he killed Fujiyoshi
with, slashes Kuninobu in the buttock. He passes Kuninobu to
Anjo, who punches Kuninobu in the face, pushing him back.
SHUYA
Nobu! Nobu! Shit!
Shuya attempts to charge at Kitano, but Shinji Mimura and Hiroki
Sugimura restrain him.
The soldiers draw their weapons, aiming for Kuninobu. Kitano waves
them off.
KITANO
Okay, back to the video!
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
The island's divided into many
zones. Every six hours, your teacher
will broadcast updates ...
KITANO
Four times a day!
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
... about which zones are becoming
danger zones. If you are in these
zones, you should leave quickly
because the danger is ... okay,
about the necklaces you are
wearing. They are one hundred
percent waterproof and shockproof
... and permanent! It monitors your
pulse, informing us of your location
and movements. So if you linger in
a danger zone, or cause trouble, we can
identify you and transmit radio
waves that trigger an alarm and
BOOM! It explodes! If you try to
rip it off, it explodes too, so
promise not to try that, okay?
KUNINOBU
You assholes!
Boy #20 Kyouichi Motobuchi is the president of the class. He has
a nerdy disposition and wears cokebottle glasses.
MOTOBUCHI
Shut up! I can't hear the video!
Cut it out, Nobu!
Kuninobu charges Motobuchi. The two of them grapple for a
few seconds.
MOTOBUCHI
Cut it out!
Anjo pulls Kuninobu away from Motobuchi. Another soldier pushes
Motobuchi back.
ANJO
Quiet! Cut it out!
Anjo now has Kuninobu in a headlock.
Kitano pulls a small remote control out of his pocket.
KITANO
I really hate to do this ...
Kitano pushes a button on the remote, detonating Kuninobu's collar.
An LED in the collar starts blinking. Kuninobu panics, Anjo
releases him.
KITANO
Better run, guys!
KUNINOBU
What is this?
Kuninobu runs around the room. The other students push
KUNINOBU
Help me!
He goes to Mimura, who pushes him away, then to Shuya.
KUNINOBU
Shuya!
SHUYA
Nobu!
Kuninobu's collar explodes, sending shrapnel into his neck, killing
him. His body falls to the floor, next to Fujiyoshi. Shuya
walks over to Kuninobu's body and starts crying.
SHUYA
(crying)
Nobu!
Shuya finds in Kuninobu's possession the photo that Megumi took
on the bus. On the back of the photo it is written, "Hey,
Shuya, do you have a crush on a girl now?" Shuya cries some
more.
A graphic reads: "BOY #7: YOSHITOKI KUNINOBU DEAD. 40
PLAYERS LEFT."
KITANO
What a shame. I looked after him my
own way.
Shuya gets up. He has a determined look on his face.
KITANO
What's that look for, Nanahara?
Shuya tries to charge Kitano but Mimura, Sugimura, and a couple
of the other students tackle him. Kitano walks back to the
front of the class, unpauses the video.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Oh, I forgot one important thing.
There's a time limit on this game!
Three days. If we haven't got a
winner after three days, all the necklaces
automatically explode! And no one
wins! So as long as we're here, let's
fight hard so that doesn't happen!
KITANO
Okay, any questions so far?
Motobuchi raises his hand.
KITANO
Yeah, Motobuchi.
MOTOBUCHI
If I survive, may I go home?
KITANO
Sure, but only if everyone else is
dead. Mimura?
MIMURA
How were we chosen?
KITANO
By impartial lottery.
None of the students believe Kitano, thinking that he had a part
in the selection of the class.
MIMURA
One more?
KITANO
Sure.
MIMURA
Why are you doing this?
KITANO
It's your own damn fault. You guys
mock grown-ups. Go ahead and mock
us, but don't you forget: life is a
game, so fight for survival and find
out if you're worth it.
A panel in the back of the room opens up. Soldiers wheel in racks
with lots of olive-green kits on them to the front of the
room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
You will leave the room one by one,
but first you get a kit.
(shows a display kit)
Inside is food and water, a map and
compass, a flashlight and a weapon,
so check it out later, okay? The
girls might need personal items, so you
can all take them. Each weapon is
different. Not just guns and
knives, either! It's random, so
maybe you'll get lucky, maybe not.
It eliminates natural advantages.
(picks up an axe)
Oooh, this one's super lucky!
KITANO
We've notified your parents, so go
for it!
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Okay, you'll be leaving by class
number. When I call your name, I
want to hear a nice big "Here!" Boy
#1, Yoshio Akamatsu!
Yoshio Akamatsu is the token fat kid in the class.
AKAMATSU
Here!
Terrified, Akamatsu grabs his personal belongings. A soldier tosses
him a kit. In fear, he runs out of the classroom.
ANJO
Go!
AKAMATSU
Okay!
A graphic reads: "DAY #1, 1:40 A.M. THE GAME BEGINS."
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Girl #1, Mizuho Inada!
INADA
Here!
Inada grabs her bag. Girl #20, Kaori Minami, grabs Inada.
MINAMI
Whatever happens, you are still my
friend!
INADA
I know!
The guard throws Inada a kit and she runs out of the room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Boy #2, Keita Iijima!
Without saying a word, Iijima grabs his bag and runs to the front.
The guard throws him a kit. He holds the kit above his ahead
for a second before the guard tosses him out of the room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Girl #2, Yukie Utsumi!
Utsumi grabs her bag, walks to the front, the guard tosses her
a kit, and she walks out of the room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Boy #3, Tatsumichi Oki!
Oki grabs his bag, runs to the front of the room. The guard tosses
him a kit. He doesn't catch it, but goes and gets it before
running out of the room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Girl #3, Megumi Eto!
Megumi hugs Noriko.
MEGUMI
(almost crying)
I'm going, Noriko.
NORIKO
Megumi!
Megumi grabs her bag, runs to the front. The guard tosses
her a kit, and she runs out of the room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Boy #4, Toshimori Oda!
Oda grabs his things, runs to the front. The guard tosses
him a kit, and he runs out of the room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Girl #4, Sakura Ogawa!
Ogawa holds her boyfriend's hand (her boyfriend is Boy #21, Kazuhiko
Yamamoto) for a second. She goes to the front of the room.
The guard tosses her a kit. She angrily throws the kit at
Kitano (who catches it and tosses it back on the rack)
before storming out of the room.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Boy #5, Shogo Kawada!
Kawada was tying his shoes.
ANJO
Shogo Kawada!
Kawada runs to the front, catches his bag, and runs out. In the
hallway, he suddenly stops running.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Girl #5, Izumi Kanai!
Kanai grabs her bag, gets tossed a kit, and runs out.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Boy #6, Kazuo Kiriyama!
Kiriyama strolls to the front of the room nonchalantly, like he
owns the place.
ANJO
On the double!
Kiriyama gets tossed his kit, and as he leaves, he bumps
into Kawada, who is running back into the room.
ANJO
What the --?
Kawada tosses the guard his kit.
KAWADA
You gave me the wrong kit!
GUARD
What the hell?
KITANO
You probably guessed, but they are
a little dangerous.
Kawada grabs a different kit off the rack and storms out of the
room.
INT.SCHOOL LATER
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Girl #14, Mayumi Tendo!
Tendo grabs her bag, the guard tosses her a kit, she leaves.
VIDEO TRAINING WOMAN
Boy #15, Shuya Nanahara!
Shuya hesitates. He doesn't want to leave Kuninobu's body.
He gives the photo to Noriko (who is Girl #15).
ANJO
Shuya Nanahara!
SHUYA
(to Noriko)
I'll wait for you outside.
Shuya grabs his bag, the guard tosses him a kit, and
EXT.OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL (D-6 ON THE MAP)
Shuya finds a spot to wait. He notices Girl #14, Mayumi Tendo,
coming back toward him. She has a crossbow bolt lodged in
her neck.
TENDO
Nanahara!
SHUYA
What happened?
TENDO
What am I going to do? What is
this?
Mayumi Tendo collapses and dies in Shuya's arms.
SHUYA
Tendo!
Yoshio Akamatsu shoots a crossbow bolt at Shuya, but barely misses
him, hitting Tendo's body in the leg. Shuya takes the bolt
and throws it back at Akamatsu, causing him to fall. Shuya
then runs to Noriko, who has just exited the school.
SHUYA
Noriko, don't!
Akamatsu falls down a small hill, dropping his weapon.
AKAMATSU
Shit! What am I doing?
Akamatsu looks around for the crossbow. Boy #16 Kazushi Niida,
who has just exited the school, enters the scene.
NIIDA
What are you doing?
Niida finds the crossbow.
NIIDA
Isn't this yours?
Akamatsu charges Niida, who shoots Akamatsu in the chest
with the crossbow. Akamatsu dies.
NIIDA
Shit! It's for real!
Niida runs away with the crossbow.
A graphic reads: "GIRL #14: MAYUMI TENDO DEAD. BOY #1:
YOSHIO AKAMATSU DEAD. 38 PLAYERS LEFT."
EXT.BEACH NIGHT
Shuya and Noriko run towards the beach area, where they find a
small cave.
INT.CAVE NIGHT
SHUYA
Is your arm okay?
NORIKO
I was frantic!
SHUYA
Let's see.
Shuya pulls Noriko's jacket off and inspects the wound.
SHUYA
It's just a scratch. I'll wash off
the blood.
Shuya checks his pack, and finds an aluminum pot lid.
SHUYA
What's this? Fight with a pot lid?
Noriko finds her weapon: binoculars.
NORIKO
And this is mine. The bastards --
goddammit!
SHUYA
Maybe Mimura and Sugimura and us
could all escape ...
Shuya starts to wash off the wound.
NORIKO
I don't think so.
SHUYA
Why not?
NORIKO
You won't like me for saying this,
but I don't trust any of them
either.
INT.SCHOOL FLASHBACK
Fumiyo Fujiyoshi, Mayumi Tendo, and Yoshimi Yahagi have
locked Noriko in a toilet stall.
FUJIYOSHI, TENDO, & YAHAGI
Die, Nakagawa, you ugly
Noriko, frustrated, tries to open the stall door. We see the graffiti
inside the bathroom, which reads, "Noriko Nakagawa is an
ugly shrimpy nit! DIE!"
INT.CAVE NIGHT
SHUYA
How about me?
NORIKO
What?
SHUYA
Are you scared of me too?
NORIKO
You are the only one I trust,
Shuya. Oh, I'm sorry.
SHUYA
Why?
NORIKO
I called you by your given name,
just like Nobu.
Shuya starts to cry.
SHUYA
Nobu ...
INT.ROOM AT FOSTER HOME FLASHBACK
Shuya and Kuninobu are roommates at the foster home.
Kuninobu is lying in the top bunk, while Shuya is quietly
strumming a guitar below.
KUNINOBU
Hey, Shuya!
SHUYA
Huh?
KUNINOBU
Do you have a crush on anyone now?
SHUYA
Why? Do you?
KUNINOBU
Maybe I kind of like someone ...
SHUYA
Who?
KUNINOBU
Noriko Nakagawa.
SHUYA
From our class?
KUNINOBU
Yeah.
SHUYA
She is a nice girl ...
KUNINOBU
Right? You agree ...
Shuya puts his guitar away.
SHUYA
She's really sweet.
KUNINOBU
She wrote me, saying, "Come back to
school! Let's all go on the school
trip together!" Even if she didn't
really mean it, it's nice to have
someone waiting for you.
INT.CAVE NIGHT
Shuya uses a bandana as a bandage for Noriko's wound.
SHUYA
We were roommates in the foster
home after Dad died. When I was
bummed after I quit baseball, he
taught me how to play the guitar.
NORIKO
I had to invite him ...
SHUYA
No, he was happy he came back.
Really happy. But I couldn't help
Nobu either. He needed my help, but
I couldn't help him. I can't give
this up, I'll take revenge for him.
I'll protect you to the end, in
NORIKO
Thank you, Nanahara.
(pause)
You never got to taste those
cookies, did you?
INT.SCHOOL NIGHT
Kitano and the soldiers are now using the school as a hideout.
Computer monitors are in the background. Kitano is lying on
a sofa, eating the cookies that Noriko made.
Anjo walks up to Kitano.
ANJO
Numai's gang took Kiriyama.
Anjo reaches for the cookie bag. Kitano grabs the bag and closes
it.
ANJO
Already started on the painting?
Not wasting time ...
EXT.BEACH (I-6 ON THE MAP) PRE-DAWN
Numai's gang, consisting of Boy #9 Hiroshi Kuronaga, Boy #10 Ryuhei
Sasagawa, Boy #14 Shou Tsukioka, Boy #17 Mitsuru Numai, and
Girl #5 Izumi Kanai, have surrounded Kazuo Kiriyama.
Numai finds the weapon Kiriyama was assigned, a paper fan.
NUMAI
What's this?
Numai plays a bit with the paper fan. The gang laughs.
NUMAI
(to Kiriyama)
You got a good one!
Numai hits Kiriyama in the head with the paper fan twice.
NUMAI
Some transfer student!
KURONAGA
You're Kitano's agent!
TSUKIOKA
Going to make us kill each other,
eh?
SASAGAWA
Well, none of us is killing anyone!
KANAI
You better come clean now!
Kiriyama is cornered. Sasagawa aims his weapon, a 9mm Uzi,
at his forehead at point-blank range. Numai aims his weapon,
a Colt .357 revolver, at Kiriyama's head as well.
SASAGAWA
Are you listening?
Kiriyama spits his gum at Sasagawa, distracting him. While Sasagawa
is distracted, Kiriyama grabs the Uzi.
SASAGAWA
Asshole!
Kiriyama opens fire on the group, killing everyone except Kanai,
who is wounded.
KANAI
Why? Stop! Stop!
Kiriyama finishes off Kanai with a second round of bullets. He
starts cleaning up, taking the Uzi and the Colt .357 as well
as Kanai's weapon, hand grenades. He leaves Kuronaga's
weapon, a dagger, and Tsukioka's weapon, nunchaku.
A graphic reads: "BOY #9: HIROSHI KURONAGA DEAD. BOY #10: RYUHEI SASAGAWA
DEAD. BOY #14: SHOU TSUKIOKA DEAD. BOY #17: MITSURU NUMAI
DEAD. GIRL #5: IZUMI KANAI DEAD. 33 PLAYERS LEFT."
EXT.CLIFFS (A-2 ON THE MAP) PRE-DAWN
Boy #21 Kazuhiko Yamamoto and Girl #4 Sakura Ogawa have arrived
at the edge of a rocky cliff. It looks like a hundred feet
or more between where they are and the jagged rocks below.
The sound of gunfire is in the distance.
YAMAMOTO
I'm so sorry, Sakura, that I
couldn't help you.
OGAWA
No, I'm grateful you came with me.
YAMAMOTO
What will happen to us?
OGAWA
I know one thing.
YAMAMOTO
What?
OGAWA
I'll never play this game.
Ogawa tosses her backpack off the cliff.
YAMAMOTO
(almost crying)
Can't anyone help us?
OGAWA
Nobody can.
They get up, and bravely face their fate.
OGAWA
Here goes ...
They jump off the cliff together.
YAMAMOTO & OGAWA
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!
A graphic reads: "BOY #21: KAZUHIKO YAMAMOTO DEAD. GIRL #4: SAKURA OGAWA
DEAD. 31 PLAYERS LEFT."
INT.KITCHEN (HOUSE AT B-4 ON THE MAP)
Megumi Eto is hiding, looking at her instant photo collection.
Most of the photos seem to be of Mimura.
MEGUMI
Mimura ...
The door creaks open. Megumi quickly turns off the
flashlight and aims her weapon, a stun gun, at the door.
MEGUMI
Who's there?
Mitsuko "Hardcore" Souma, the class trollop, is at the door.
MITSUKO
Oh, it's you, Megumi.
MEGUMI
Who are you?
Mitsuko shines her flashlight at her face,
MEGUMI
Mitsuko!
MITSUKO
Are you going to kill me with that
stun gun?
MEGUMI
What? Oh, I'm sorry. I was never
friendly with your clique, but
you're okay.
MITSUKO
So, can I come in?
MEGUMI
Sure, come in.
Mitsuko comes in and sits down next to Megumi.
MITSUKO
All pictures of Mimura ...
Megumi puts the pictures away.
MEGUMI
Oh no.
Mitsuko grabs Megumi's stun gun.
MITSUKO
Is this your weapon?
MEGUMI
Not much use, yeah?
MITSUKO
Not necessarily. One zap at
somebody with a bad heart and he's
pretty much a goner. Have you ever
used one before?
MEGUMI
Of course not, sorry.
The girls laugh, Mitsuko's is fake. Mitsuko hands the stun gun
back.
MITSUKO
Here.
As Megumi grabs it, Mitsuko pulls it away at the last
second. Mitsuko starts chasing Megumi around the kitchen.
MEGUMI
Mitsuko! Don't!
Mitsuko eventually gets Megumi in a headlock with her
weapon, a sickle, at Megumi's throat.
MITSUKO
This is my weapon. I thought it was
so-so, but actually it's not so
bad. I found Yoshimi and Kuramoto
dead next door ...
Cut over to next door. Boy #8 Yoji Kuramoto and Girl #21 Yoshimi
Yahagi have committed suicide by hanging themselves
(Kuramoto's weapon was the rope).
Cut back to the kitchen.
MITSUKO
... strung up all cozy together.
That's not my scene! I'm not going
down without a fight!
Mitsuko slits Megumi's throat with the sickle.
A graphic reads: "BOY #8: YOJI KURAMOTO DEAD. GIRL #21: YOSHIMI
YAHAGI DEAD. GIRL #3: MEGUMI ETO DEAD. 28 PLAYERS LEFT."
DAY #1 - 6 A.M.
Kitano is playing Johann Strauss's "Radetzky March" over the island's
loudspeaker system. Shuya and Noriko get out of their cave.
KITANO
(over loudspeaker)
Hello! How is everyone? It's now 6 a.m.,
time for the sleepyheads to wake
up!
Mitsuko Souma puts her hair in a towel. Over the next line,
Shuya and Noriko walk and Mitsuko Souma curls her eyelashes.
KITANO
(over loudspeaker)
Here's a list of your dead friends in
the order in which they died: Girl
#14 Mayumi Tendo, Boy #1 Yoshio
Akamatsu, Boy #9 Hiroshi Kuronaga,
Boy #10 Ryuhei Sasagawa, Boy #14
Shou Tsukioka, Boy #17 Mitsuru
Numai, Girl #5 Izumi Kanai, Boy #21
Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Girl #4 Sakura
Ogawa, Boy #8 Yoji Kuramoto, Girl
#21 Yoshimi Yahagi, and Girl #3
Megumi Eto.
NORIKO
Megumi? No! Why?
KITANO
(over loudspeaker)
Twelve dead, the pace is good! Now,
the danger zones: I'll read off
zones and times, so check your
maps. Listen up! Starting at 7:00,
B-5! That's B-5! Next, at 9:00,
E-8! Then, at 11:00, F-2. Got that?
Listen, I know it's tough when
friends die on you, but hang in
there! Back in touch!
SHUYA
Noriko ...
NORIKO
Megumi is dead ...
SHUYA
This will be a danger zone. We've
got to go south. Hurry!
EXT.FOREST PATH (E-8 ON THE MAP) MORNING
Shuya and Noriko are walking along the path on the side of a hill
when Boy #3 Tatsumichi Oki jumps out at Shuya with his
weapon, a hand axe. Oki swings at both of them a few times,
misses. Shuya throws his backpack at Oki, recognizes him.
SHUYA
Oki?
OKI
I'll get you! I'll get you!
Shuya and Oki fight. Oki swings his hand axe at Shuya, who uses
his pot lid as a shield. They grapple, and tumble down the
hill. When we next see them, the hand axe is stuck in Oki's
head.
Girl #9 Yuko Sakaki witnesses this event. From her vantage point,
it looks like Shuya killed Oki.
Shuya and Oki get some separation, and Shuya notices the axe in
Oki's head.
SHUYA
Oki, are you okay?
OKI
(groggily)
I'm sorry. I'm fine! I'm fine!
Oki collapses and dies.
Yuko Sakaki runs away, frightened. Noriko comes down the
hill.
NORIKO
Nanahara!
SHUYA
(frightened)
Did I kill him? Tell me the truth!
You were watching! Did I?
NORIKO
It was an accident!
Boy #20 Kyouichi Motobuchi shoots at Noriko and Shuya with his
weapon, a Smith & Wesson M19 pistol. He misses them both.
MOTOBUCHI
(crazed)
X equals minus b over 2a ...
Everybody's serious, huh, fine then
... I'll survive, go to a good
school ...
SHUYA
Stop!
Motobuchi shoots again, misses. He chases Shuya and Noriko out
into a clearing, where Kawada shoots him with his weapon, a
SPAS-12 action shotgun.
MOTOBUCHI
(to Kawada)
Get out of my way!
Motobuchi charges Kawada, who shoots him with the shotgun twice.
Motobuchi dies; Kawada takes Motobuchi's pistol and aims it
at Shuya and Noriko.
KAWADA
What weapons do you have?
SHUYA
A pot lid ...
NORIKO
... and binoculars.
While keeping the pistol aimed, Kawada goes over to Oki's corpse
and removes the hand axe from his head.
Girl #7 Yumiko Kusaka starts shouting over a megaphone.
KUSAKA
(over megaphone)
Everybody! Stop fighting! Please hear
us out!
Kawada, Shuya, and Noriko move towards Kusaka.
KUSAKA
(over megaphone)
This is Kusaka, with Yukiko, on the cliffs
of North Mountain! Everybody come
here! We'll figure this out
together! We don't want to fight!
Right, Yukiko?
Kusaka hands the megaphone to Girl #6 Yukiko Kitano
YUKIKO KITANO
(over megaphone)
This is Yukiko! Please join us!
Let's think this through together!
SHUYA
That's the right tactic.
Shuya starts to leave.
KAWADA
Where are you going?
SHUYA
To bring them back.
KAWADA
Without weapons? I'm not the only
deadly one around here!
Mitsuko Souma runs, ducks, and hides.
SHUYA
All the more if they are in danger
...
Kawada fires a shot into the air. Kusaka and Yukiko duck, scared.
SHUYA
(to Kawada)
You!
Shuya and Kawada wrestle over the shotgun a little.
YUKIKO KITANO
(over megaphone)
Stop shooting!
SHUYA
(shouts)
Idiots! Run!
KUSAKA
(to Yukiko Kitano)
That's Nanahara! That was his
voice, right?
(over megaphone)
Nanahara! Over here! Come here!
Yukiko has always had a crush on
...
YUKIKO KITANO
You idiot!
Kazuo Kiriyama, positioned behind Kusaka and Yukiko Kitano, fires
a burst of bullets into both of them with his Uzi, killing
Yukiko Kitano and seriously wounding Kusaka. Kawada, Shuya,
and Noriko look startled. Mitsuko runs off.
Kiriyama walks nonchalantly over to the bodies, gets the megaphone,
goes over to Kusaka (who is still moving), kicks her over so
that she is lying on her back, and holds the megaphone to
her mouth.
KUSAKA
(pained, scared as hell,
through the megaphone)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!
Kiriyama finishes off Kusaka with another burst of bullets from
his Uzi.
SHUYA
(shouts)
Kusaka! Kusaka! Kitano! Answer me!
Tell me it's not true! Answer me,
Kusaka!
KAWADA
He'll come here next! I'm off!
SHUYA
Go wherever you like! You're a
murderer yourself!
NORIKO
Nanahara!
SHUYA
Those were my friends! This is
crazy! How can they just kill each
other like that?
KAWADA
There's a way out of this game.
Kill yourselves right here and now.
If you can't do that, then don't
trust anyone. Just run!
A graphic reads: "BOY #3: TATSUMICHI OKI DEAD. BOY #20: KYOUICHI MOTOBUCHI
DEAD. GIRL #6: YUKIKO KITANO DEAD. GIRL #7: YUMIKO KUSAKA
DEAD. 24 PLAYERS LEFT."
DAY #1 - NOON
Kitano is playing Johann Strauss's "Blue Danube Waltz" over the
loudspeaker.
KITANO
(over loudspeaker)
It's noon. Is everybody getting hungry?
It's time to take a little lunch
break from the slaughter! Now for
the list of who went down this
morning: Boy #3 Tatsumichi Oki, Boy
#20 Kyouichi Motobuchi, Girl #6
Yukiko Kitano, Girl #7 Yumiko
Kusaka. A total of four. Calling
for peace was a good idea, but you
can't win them all. Now for the danger
zones and hours: an hour from now
at 1:00 p.m., I-4. Then from 3:00, E-9. From
5:00, F-1.
EXT.MITSUKO'S HIDEOUT (C-5 ON THE MAP) AFTERNOON
Mitsuko walks back to find Girl #10 Hirono Shimizu pointing her
weapon, a Colt .45 pistol, at her.
SHIMIZU
Mitsuko ...
MITSUKO
Hirono!
SHIMIZU
Oh great, I finally found you.
Shimizu spins Mitsuko around and takes the sickle.
SHIMIZU
Is this your weapon, Mitsuko?
MITSUKO
Yeah.
SHIMIZU
Kind of lame, huh?
(goes around Mitsuko to face
her)
Yoshimi's dead, isn't she?
MITSUKO
With Kuramoto.
SHIMIZU
Huh? So you saw them. Well, I saw
Megumi's throat slit ... with a
sickle or something!
Shimizu throws the sickle at Mitsuko. She hits a wooden
post, narrowly missing Mitsuko's head.
SHIMIZU
Mitsuko! Do you have Megumi's
weapon?
MITSUKO
Of course not!
SHIMIZU
But it looked like someone was
there all night. I found a tampon
in the toilet. Megumi wasn't having
hers ... Mitsuko, you started
yesterday, right?
MITSUKO
What are you talking about?
SHIMIZU
Cut the crap, murderer! You screw
all the boys, but you had to steal
mine! You were pimping Yoshimi! You
probably hung them both!
MITSUKO
How can you ...
SHIMIZU
You piss me off, and I'll kill you!
MITSUKO
(crying and kneeling down as
Shimizu lowers the gun)
Come on! What is this? Stop joking
and forgive me!
Shimizu starts kicking Mitsuko in the head.
SHIMIZU
Stop faking it!
MITSUKO
I've had it! Why does everybody
gang up on me? What did I do?
Shimizu gives Mitsuko a swift kick.
SHIMIZU
Think about what you did! You think
you can get away with it!
Shimizu kicks Mitsuko again. Mitsuko cries.
SHIMIZU
Cry your eyes out! Apologize to
Megumi and Yoshimi!
Mitsuko tasers Shimizu in the gun hand with the stun gun
that belonged to Megumi. Shimizu drops the pistol. The two
of them reach for it like a fumble in football, with Mitsuko
winning. She aims the pistol at Shimizu.
MITSUKO
(indicating the stun gun)
This was Megumi's ...
(indicating Shimizu's gun)
but this is what I was after.
SHIMIZU
You bitch! Murderer!
MITSUKO
And what's wrong with killing?
Everyone has his reasons.
Shimizu throws her bag at Mitsuko and tries to run away. She gets
about four steps before Mitsuko shoots her in the back.
A graphic reads: "GIRL #10: HIRONO SHIMIZU DEAD. 23
EXT.CLIFFS (I-5 ON MAP)
Shuya and Noriko are walking near a cliff when Noriko
faints.
SHUYA
Nakagawa, are you okay?
NORIKO
I'm okay, just a little tired.
SHUYA
You're dripping sweat and have a
terrible fever.
NORIKO
Yukiko had a crush on you, right?
SHUYA
What does that have to do with
anything?
NORIKO
Sorry, I'm just a little jealous,
that's all.
Shuya checks his map.
SHUYA
There's a clinic outside the
village. Can you get up?
Noriko falls unconscious.
SHUYA
Hey, Noriko, come on now ...
Noriko!
EXT.CLINIC (I-8 ON THE MAP)
Shuya, carrying Noriko, walks up to the clinic. It's a
shabby house with a live chicken walking in front of it. He
breaks down a gate as he comes.
As he gets closer, he snags his foot on a tripwire that's connected
to jar with a set of keys in it, a makeshift doorbell.
Kawada opens the door, shotgun aimed at Shuya.
KAWADA
Pot lid and binoculars, what do you
want?
INT.CLINIC
Noriko lies on a sofa, her arm bandaged with a bandana. Hypodermic
needles and open vials are scattered.
KAWADA
Great. Even expired drugs work.
Kawada starts cleaning up, frenetically.
SHUYA
May I ask you ...
KAWADA
What?
SHUYA
Why did you help us?
KAWADA
My father is a doctor. You may
believe that or not.
Kawada finds some dried rice and starts making soup.
EXT.MIMURA'S LAIR (E-4 ON THE MAP) LATE AFTERNOON
Mimura's lair is an abandoned hotel. Boy #11 Hiroko Sugimura
tracks down Mimura's gang (Boy #2 Keita Iijima, Boy #12
Yutaka Seto, and Boy #19 Shinji Mimura).
MIMURA, SETO, & IIJIMA
(from inside, in unison)
Ready, go!
(pause)
Ready, go!
The three boys are lugging a large electric generator up a flight
of steps as Sugimura finds them.
SUGIMURA
Mimura!
MIMURA
Sugimura!
Sugimura steps in to help.
INT.MIMURA'S LAIR
They get the generator up the stairs and turn it on. They
connect Mimura's laptop computer and some portable phones to
it. Mimura turns the laptop on. Mimura's wallpaper reads,
"The Third Man".
MIMURA
Great, it still works.
(to Sugimura)
How did you find us?
Sugimura shows him his GPS tracking device.
SUGIMURA
This is my weapon.
MIMURA
A sensor? Great weapon!
SUGIMURA
Have you seen Chigusa or Kotohiki?
MIMURA
No, I haven't.
SUGIMURA
Right, I'm off.
SETO
Already?
MIMURA
Sugimura, there may be a way out.
Won't you help us?
SUGIMURA
Sorry, but I have to see them.
MIMURA
If you find Nanahara, tell him
where we are.
SUGIMURA
Right, I'm off.
Sugimura leaves.
IIJIMA
He always was a loner.
SETO
Why does he have to find Chigusa
and Kotohiki?
MIMURA
I thought he was into Chigusa.
Mimura sits down at the laptop, and notices something about his
collar.
MIMURA
Shit, so that's their trick!
IIJIMA
What is it?
He gestures Iijima and Seto over to the computer, where Mimura
runs an editor.
MIMURA
(typing)
They're listening. A microphone in
the necklace. Here's your mission:
Find the following: 1. Fertilizer
2. Pesticides 3. Charcoal 4. Sulfur
5. Kerosene
IIJIMA
Hey, what is this?
MIMURA
Just go! Hurry!
Mimura starts cracking the Battle Royale computer network.
EXT.FANTASY SEQUENCE
Girl #13 Takako Chigusa is jogging along a road, wearing a yellow
Adidas warm-up suit. Sugimura is behind her wearing a white
T-shirt and black warm-up pants, carrying a stopwatch and a
whistle around his neck, riding a bicycle. Neither of them
are wearing collars at this point.
An opera singer singing Franz Shubert's "Auf dem Wasser zu Singen"
plays in the background.
SUGIMURA
Chigusa, how far can you run?
CHIGUSA
I'll always run in front of you!
SUGIMURA
Then I'll always protect you.
CHIGUSA
(laughs)
Promise?
Chigusa turns off the road onto a dirt path. She turns
around to face the road and runs back towards it. The
transition between this and the next scene is seamless ...
EXT.TEMPLE (E-2 ON THE MAP) AFTERNOON
Chigusa is wearing the same warm-up suit, but she has the collar
on. The bicycle and Sugimura have disappeared. Chigusa
notices the collar.
She runs up to the temple where her bag is, unzips her track suit
showing a white T-shirt, and gets a towel out of her bag.
CHIGUSA
Hiroki ...
Boy #16 Kazushi Niida enters. He's carrying the crossbow he got
from Akamatsu earlier.
NIIDA
Hey, Chigusa, what are you doing?
Chigusa tosses the towel back into the bag.
NIIDA
Are you still practicing?
She zips the bag and walks away from him.
NIIDA
Hey, wait up! They all gossipped
about us!
CHIGUSA
You made it all up!
NIIDA
But you liked it. Come on, Chigusa,
stay with me.
Niida touches Chigusa on the shoulders.
CHIGUSA
Don't touch me! Disgusting!
Niida aims the crossbow at Chigusa.
NIIDA
If you run, I'll shoot!
CHIGUSA
What's that? You're ridiculous.
Chigusa moves away from him again.
NIIDA
I'm in love with you, Chigusa, for
real, from before ...
CHIGUSA
(underwhelmed)
Wow, great, wash your face and try again,
if you survive.
NIIDA
Wait, you're a virgin, right?
CHIGUSA
You're starting to piss me off.
God, spare me from this idiot!
NIIDA
Sugimura couldn't do it with you!
CHIGUSA
Leave Hiroki out of this!
NIIDA
We're going to die anyway. Don't
you want to do it just once before
you die?
CHIGUSA
Shouldn't you be worried about your
life, instead of that useless
micropenis of yours?
Niida gets in front of Chigusa and aims the crossbow at
NIIDA
I have decided that this game is a
race, so I am playing for real.
CHIGUSA
So am I. Drop your weapon and let
me go, or I'll assume you're deadly
and kick your ass!
She tries to pass him.
CHIGUSA
You have been warned.
NIIDA
Cut the crap! I've already killed,
and I could rape you now if I
wanted to!
CHIGUSA
Just try it!
Niida fires the crossbow at Chigusa. The bolt scrapes her right
cheek.
NIIDA
Are you okay?
CHIGUSA
(mad as hell)
You scarred my face!
NIIDA
It's your fault. You made me mad!
CHIGUSA
You're always blaming someone else!
That's why I hate your guts!
Chigusa reaches into her bag and pulls out her weapon,
CHIGUSA
Come at me! I shall resist you with
every inch of my body!
Niida gets frightened and runs, but Chigusa has a speed advantage,
and catches him. She slashes him in the back. They grapple
for a bit. He gets up, continues running.
CHIGUSA
You bastard!
Chigusa easily catches up to Niida, slashes him in the back again,
jumps on his back, rides him for a bit.
NIIDA
Leave me alone!
She gets him on the ground, jumps on top of him, stabs him twice
in the groin area, gets off him, then stabs him in the chest
twice. Niida dies.
When she gets up, Mitsuko Souma is in the background. She grins
an evil grin, then aims her gun at Chigusa. Chigusa notices,
then runs for her life. Mitsuko chases after her, firing
four bullets at Chigusa.
A graphic reads: "BOY #16: KAZUSHI NIIDA DEAD. 22
EXT.DAM (D-3 ON THE MAP)
Chigusa is lying down, covered with dirt and blood, and
close to death. Sugimura catches up to her.
CHIGUSA
Hiroki!
SUGIMURA
Chigusa, don't die! Hang on!
CHIGUSA
God, if this is a bad joke, please
stop it.
SUGIMURA
It's really me, Chigusa.
CHIGUSA
Hiroki ...
SUGIMURA
Who got you?
CHIGUSA
Mitsuko. Watch out for her, she's
dangerous.
SUGIMURA
I'm sorry.
CHIGUSA
For what?
SUGIMURA
Last night, I waited for you
outside the school. But you took
off at top speed, right? I called,
but I couldn't catch up.
CHIGUSA
I didn't know. Could you help me
sit up?
Sugimura sits Chigusa up and props her against his shoulder.
CHIGUSA
Hiroki, are you in love with
someone?
SUGIMURA
Yeah.
CHIGUSA
Not me, right?
SUGIMURA
Not you.
CHIGUSA
Then stay with me like this. It
won't be long.
Sugimura starts crying.
CHIGUSA
(looking upward)
God, could I tell him one
(to Hiroki)
You look really cool, Hiroki.
SUGIMURA
You too. You're the coolest girl in
the world.
CHIGUSA
Thank you ...
Chigusa dies.
SUGIMURA
Chigusa!
Fade out with a wide shot and Shubert's "Auf dem Wasser zu Singen"
in the background.
A graphic reads: "GIRL #13: TAKAKO CHIGUSA DEAD. 21
DAY #1 - 6 P.M.
KITANO
(over loud speaker)
It's 6 o'clock! Here is the list of
goners: Girl #10 Hirono Shimizu,
Boy #16 Kazushi Niida, and Girl #13
Takako Chigusa. A total of three.
You're slacking off on me! I'm
disappointed in you! I'm adding
more danger zones. There will be a
new one every hour, so get them straight!
From 7:00 p.m., D-1. From 8:00
p.m., C-4. From 9:00 p.m., I-3.
INT.CLINIC EVENING
Noriko and Shuya are eating soup by candlelight. Kawada is lying
on the sofa.
NORIKO
It tastes good.
KAWADA
Of course it does. My dad is a
chef.
NORIKO
(to Kawada)
Umm, thank you for everything.
KAWADA
(to Shuya)
Would you like a drink?
SHUYA
No.
Kawada lights a cigarette, pauses.
KAWADA
I wasn't going to, but I guess I
want you to know.
Kawada takes out a picture, hands it to Noriko, who looks at it.
The picture is of Kawada and his late girlfriend Keiko.
NORIKO
She's pretty ... the same age as
you?
KAWADA
The same class. Ninth grade, Kobe
Junior High #5 Class C. We played
this game three years ago.
SHUYA
So you are ...
Kawada takes off his bandana, revealing a scar on
KAWADA
I'm a survivor of this stupid game.
Shuya and Noriko gasp.
KAWADA
I was desperate to protect Keiko,
even killed a friend so that the
two of us could survive.
EXT.HILL - THE GAME THREE YEARS AGO - NIGHT
Two minutes left until the collars explode. The hill is strewn
with corpses. Kawada and Keiko, heavily wounded, walk into
the scene.
KAWADA (V.O.)
But when only one of us could
survive, we changed.
Kawada's and Keiko's collars start blinking. They hug each other.
An unseen third player shoots Kawada. He falls down the
hill, wounded. Keiko and the third player fire at each
other. The third player dies; Keiko, wounded, falls down the
hill near Kawada, who goes over to her.
KAWADA
Keiko! Keiko! Keiko!
Kawada's collar starts blinking faster.
INT.CLINIC EVENING
Kawada puts his bandana back on.
KAWADA
Really trusting someone is a hard
thing to do, but I've never
understood the meaning of the smile
she left behind.
EXT.HILL NIGHT - FLASHBACK
Kawada hugs Keiko for the final time.
KEIKO
Thank you ...
Keiko dies. The collars stop blinking, as Kawada is
INT.CLINIC EVENING
Kawada takes a swig out of his flask.
SHUYA
I think I'll have that drink now.
Kawada gives the flask to Shuya, who takes a swig.
SHUYA
But why play all over again?
KAWADA
They drugged me and dragged me here
to fix the game. But when I woke up
here, I vowed I wouldn't die.
Instead, I'm going to figure out
Keiko's last smile.
NORIKO
I don't ...
KAWADA
What?
NORIKO
I don't know how Keiko felt then,
but she must have ... um ...
KAWADA
My name? Kawada.
NORIKO
Kawada, I think she really loved
you or she couldn't have smiled the
way she does there.
Close up of the photo of Keiko.
KAWADA
So you think ...
NORIKO
I'm sure if I were Keiko, I'd want
to trust you and thank you for
giving me a reason to smile like
that. I think I'd have said thank
you, too.
Pause. Kawada thinks for a moment, gets up.
KAWADA
I really do know a way off this
island.
SHUYA
What? But how?
KAWADA
I can only tell you when the time
comes. Until then, this is my
guarantee.
Kawada tosses the Smith & Wesson M19 that he got from Motobuchi
to Shuya, along with a box of bullets.
KAWADA
Use it to protect yourself and ...
um ...
NORIKO
Noriko Nakagawa.
SHUYA
Shuya Nanahara.
An automatic weapon is fired in the distance.
KAWADA
The candles!
Kawada draws the curtians while Noriko and Shuya extinguish the
candles.
KAWADA
Duck!
They cover.
SHUYA
The noise ... who is that?
KAWADA
Probably the guy who signed up for
kicks. We had one too.
EXT.PATH (I-6 ON MAP) EVENING
Boy #4 Toshimori Oda is riding a bicycle as fast as he can pedal.
Boy #6 Kazuo Kiriyama is chasing him on foot, shooting his
Uzi at Oda.
Oda, frightened out of his wits, gets off the bike and runs on
foot to the clinic.
INT.CLINIC EVENING
KAWADA
Listen, if we get separated, we'll
meet at the Takano Shrine. Don't
forget! Stay down!
EXT.OUTSIDE CLINIC EVENING
Kiriyama is still chasing Oda and firing his Uzi at him.
ODA
(to Kiriyama)
Hey! What did I ever do to you?
Kiriyama shoots a barrage of bullets at Oda, who falls down. Oda
plays possum.
INT.CLINIC EVENING
Kawada, Shuya, and Noriko lock the doors.
EXT.OUTSIDE CLINIC EVENING
Close-up of Oda, who covered his face with his map. He takes the
map off his face and props himself up. He looks around: the
coast is clear. Oda laughs.
ODA
Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! I made it,
thanks to my excellent bulletproof
vest!
He hears a sound coming from above him. Pan up to Kiriyama
on the roof of the clinic. He unsheaths a katana (Girl #7
Yumiko Kusaka's weapon, obtained after she died), jumps down
to Oda.
ODA
Aaaaaaaaaahhhh!
Kiriyama decapitates Oda with the katana. Oda dies.
INT.CLINIC EVENING
Noriko, scared, hugs Shuya.
EXT.OUTSIDE CLINIC EVENING
A graphic reads: "BOY #4: TOSHIMORI ODA DEAD. 20
Kiriyama puts the katana back in its scabbard. He then figures
out that people are inside the clinic.
INT.CLINIC EVENING
Kawada pumps his shotgun, aiming for the windows, hoping to get
a clear shot at Kiriyama.
Kiriyama tries opening the door of the clinic, but it is locked
and he is unsuccessful. He gets Oda's decapitated head,
shoves a live grenade (obtained from Girl #5 Izumi Kanai
when he killed her) in its mouth, and throws it through a
window.
NORIKO
(screaming)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Kawada, Noriko, and Shuya jump out of the way of the grenade's
explosion.
KAWADA
Hurry!
Kiriyama fires a burst into the clinic. Kawada and Noriko
are under tables, ducking.
SHUYA
Are you okay?
KAWADA
Fine! She's all right too!
Kiriyama fires another burst.
SHUYA
Take care of her!
KAWADA
Don't be crazy!
Shuya runs through a window after Kiriyama. A grenade explodes
behind him.
NORIKO
Nanahara!
EXT.DOCKS (I-8 ON THE MAP) EVENING
Shuya shoots at Kiriyama, who put on the bulletproof vest he got
from Oda so the shot has no effect. Kiriyama shoots a burst
back. Shuya shoots again.
Sugimura, nearby, hears the sounds of gunfire. He gets out the
tracking device and notices that Shuya and Kiriyama are
running towards him.
Kiriyama shoots again at Shuya, chewing up the ground with bullets
as Shuya runs away from Kiriyama. Kiriyama notices that his
clip is empty, removes it from the Uzi. Shuya fires a bullet
at him from point-blank range, but since Kiriyama has the
bulletproof vest, it has no effect (he fired at Kiriyama's
chest). Kiriyama just smiles at Shuya and tosses the empty
clip at him. Shuya fires another round at Kiriyama, who has
reloaded the Uzi. It has no effect.
Shuya flees, jumping off a small cliff into the ocean.
SUGIMURA
Run, Nanahara!
Sugimura tackles Kiriyama, altering his aim so that he can't hit
Shuya. Kiriyama fires the Uzi at Sugimura, who jumps into
the water after Shuya. Kiriyama sprays a burst of bullets
into the water, hoping to hit Sugimura.
INT.MIMURA'S LAIR NIGHT
Seto and Iijima have found all the items on the list and
have brought them back to Mimura.
IIJIMA
(exhausted)
There's your order. Fertilizer ... pesticides
... and kerosene ...
SETO
(exhausted)
Sulfur and charcoal. We even swiped
a little truck for it all.
IIJIMA
What are you going to do with all
this crap?
Mimura tosses an underground anarchist magazine at Iijima. Its
title is "The Ticking Clock".
IIJIMA
"The Ticking Clock". What is this?
Iijima opens the magazine and postcards fall out. He picks
up the postcards.
MIMURA
They are my uncle's postcards. He
was an activist in the 1960s. He
taught me stuff they never teach
you in school. He's still off fighting
in some corner of the world.
Close up of a postcard with a picture of a smiling woman. Iijima
flips the postcard to the back. The message reads, "Someday,
you'll smile like this."
Iijima laughs.
IIJIMA
Forget it! We're not ...
Mimura muzzles Iijima and points at Seto.
SETO
Shinji!
Mimura gives the "quiet" gesture by putting a finger near
his mouth.
MIMURA
Ssshhh!
He takes out a small device, then puts his hand over his collar
to block the microphone.
MIMURA
This is the bomb trigger he used to
try to blow up the Parliament with.
It's time we started our own
struggle, but there isn't much time.
So, do you join me, or would you
rather take me on?
Seto shakes his head. He's joining Mimura.
IIJIMA
Can we really all go home together?
MIMURA
Yeah, I'll crush their systems.
When we escape, it will
EXT.LIGHTHOUSE (I-10 ON MAP) DAY
An establishing shot of the lighthouse.
A graphic reads: "DAY 2 - 12:30 P.M."
INT.LIGHTHOUSE DAY
Shuya is waking up in a bed. He is heavily bandaged. Girl #2 Yukie
Utsumi is lying beside him. She is startled.
UTSUMI
You're awake!
SHUYA
Where am I?
UTSUMI
You are at the lighthouse.
SHUYA
Utsumi, why are you ...
UTSUMI
What a shock! I was on watch this
morning when Sugimura showed up
carrying you.
EXT.LIGHTHOUSE NIGHT - FLASHBACK
Sugimura comes out of the water, carrying Shuya. He takes Shuya
to the lighthouse, where Utsumi is on watch.
INT.LIGHTHOUSE DAY
Back to Shuya and Utsumi.
SHUYA
Where's Sugimura?
UTSUMI
He's gone. He said that he had to
see someone.
SHUYA
I see. What time is it?
UTSUMI
Kitano just finished the noon
report.
SHUYA
What about Kawada and Nakagawa?
UTSUMI
They haven't been on the lists.
Shuya breathes a sigh of relief.
SHUYA
Who died? I missed three reports.
UTSUMI
Five all together. Oda was on last
night's.
SHUYA
Ugh ...
UTSUMI
On this morning's, Kaori and
Mizuho.
EXT.BEACH (H-3 ON THE MAP) EARLY MORNING - FLASHBACK
In the background, waves are lapping on the shore. In the foreground,
Girl #1 Mizuho Inada is lying on a rock with a bloodstain on
her abdomen and a large alpinist's pick nearby. Next to her
is a life preserver, and next to that on another rock is
Girl #20, Kaori Minami, with a large knife impaled into her
abdomen.
A graphic reads: "GIRL #1: MIZUHO INADA DEAD. GIRL #20:
KAORI MINAMI DEAD. 18 PLAYERS LEFT."
INT.LIGHTHOUSE DAY
Back to Utsumi and Shuya.
UTSUMI
... And now, on the noon update,
Takiguchi and Hatagami.
INT.HOTEL (C-2 ON THE MAP) MORNING - FLASHBACK
In what looks like a messy hotel lobby, the bloodied, naked corpses
of Boy #13 Yuuichiro Takiguchi and Boy #18 Tadakatsu
Hatagami lie on the floor. Mitsuko Souma, nearby,
nonchalantly gets dressed as if nothing has happened, grabs
her bag and sickle, and starts to leave.
A graphic reads: "BOY #13: YUUICHIRO TAKIGUCHI DEAD. BOY
#18: TADAKATSU HATAGAMI DEAD. 16 PLAYERS LEFT."
INT.LIGHTHOUSE DAY
Back to Utsumi and Shuya.
UTSUMI
... And a message from Sugimura.
Mimura and the guys are in the
west, waiting to see you.
SHUYA
Mimura?
UTSUMI
Yeah.
(gets Shuya's map)
Here's your map. I marked it for
you.
She sits next to Shuya and shows him the map.
UTSUMI
You're safe here. They're all my
friends. There's Haruka, Satomi,
Yuka, Chisato, and Yuko.
Utsumi gets up.
UTSUMI
Nanahara, about that thing with Oki
... Yuko saw it happen.
Brief cut to the scene where Oki has a hand axe in his head and
dies. We see Yuko's frightened reaction to the scene. Back
to the lighthouse.
SHUYA
Yeah, we fell down a hill together.
It was an accident.
Brief cut to Shuya and Oki falling down the hill together. Back
to the lighthouse.
UTSUMI
It was an accident?
SHUYA
Of course it was!
UTSUMI
I'm sorry.
SHUYA
Let's all go join Kawada. He says
that he knows a way off this
island.
UTSUMI
Do you trust him?
SHUYA
He survived one of these games.
UTSUMI
But you can't even walk yet!
SHUYA
I'm fine.
UTSUMI
Right now, you rest up. Haruka and
Chisato are fixing lunch.
SHUYA
Did you bandage me, Utsumi?
UTSUMI
Yeah.
(laughs)
I never touched a guy before.
(laughs)
Do you like Noriko Nakagawa?
SHUYA
Why?
UTSUMI
I know all about you. Do you know
what that means?
SHUYA
What?
UTSUMI
Forget it ... I have to lock you
in. Some of them don't trust guys.
I'll bring lunch in a minute, okay?
Utsumi leaves Shuya, goes out of the room, and locks the
door.
INT.LIGHTHOUSE KITCHEN DAY
Girl #9 Yuko Sakaki is holding her weapon, a small vial of potassium
cyanide. (It's marked "POISON - KCN".) In a brief flashback,
she remembers Oki's death. Back to the kitchen. Sakaki, Girl
#12 Haruka Tanizawa, Girl #17 Satomi Noda, and Girl #19
Chisato Matsui are in the kitchen when Utsumi runs in.
UTSUMI
Guess what? Nanahara's awake!
TANIZAWA
Really? Can he talk?
UTSUMI
Yeah. He seems hungry too.
(to Sakaki)
Don't worry, I locked his door.
SAKAKI
No, I'm sorry. I'm not worried
anymore.
UTSUMI
What happened with Oki was an
accident.
TANIZAWA
Of course. Shuya would never kill
anyone.
MATSUI
The spaghetti is almost done.
UTSUMI
Haruka, go get Yuka from watch. We
need to discuss something.
TANIZAWA
Roger!
Tanizawa leaves to get Yuka Nakagawa. Utsumi goes over to
the table where Noda is.
NODA
We're all dying tomorrow ...
UTSUMI
Don't start with that. We won't
give up until it's over, okay?
SAKAKI
I think that you'd better feed
Nanahara first, don't you? I'll
serve his.
UTSUMI
Thanks, Yuko.
Sakaki gets a bowl of spaghetti, pour some broth on it, then puts
the cyanide in it. Utsumi interrupts her.
UTSUMI
Are there still some painkillers
left? I need some for Nanahara.
MATSUI
They are in the cupboard.
SAKAKI
I'll get them.
Girl #16 Yuka Nakagawa (no relations) runs down the stairs with
Tanizawa.
YUKA NAKAGAWA
I hear that Nanahara is awake!
That's so great! You!
UTSUMI
What?
YUKA NAKAGAWA
Don't pretend, I know you're happy.
It smells great! Great job,
Chisato!
(grabs the bowl intended for
Nanahara)
Let me taste test!
SAKAKI
Uh-oh ...
YUKA NAKAGAWA
(takes a bite)
Super! Marry me, Chisato!
MATSUI
Come on, Yuka!
TANIZAWA
Calm down now! What did you want to
discuss, Yukie?
UTSUMI
Nanahara says that Kawada knows a
way off the island.
MATSUI
That Kawada?
NODA
Can we trust him?
UTSUMI
I can't tell yet. But once Nanahara
can walk, let's join Kawada and
Noriko ...
At this point, the cyanide takes effect. Yuka Nakagawa puts her
hands to her mouth, looks pained.
UTSUMI
What?
TANIZAWA
What?
(pause)
What's wrong?
Yuka Nakagawa starts to pass out. She looks as if she's
about to throw up a space alien any minute.
UTSUMI
Yuka!
Chisato Matsui looks frightened of Yuka, and so does Yuko Sakaki.
Yuka Nakagawa dies, slumps over into the spaghetti bowl.
TANIZAWA
(frightened)
She's dead! Why?
NODA
Not food poisoning!
MATSUI
I tasted it! I'm fine!
TANIZAWA
It's poison!
UTSUMI
Poison!
NODA
Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!
Noda panics, grabs Yuka Nakagawa's weapon (a 9mm machine
gun) and aims it at the rest of the group.
NODA
(crazed)
Who? Who did it?!
TANIZAWA
Satomi, don't!
UTSUMI
It's just some mistake!
NODA
We're the only ones here!
(aims the gun at Matsui)
Chisato, you cooked it, right?
MATSUI
It wasn't me! Haruka cooked it too!
TANIZAWA
Me? Poison?
UTSUMI
It was nobody! Cut it out! Lower
that gun!
TANIZAWA
(to Noda)
You're suspicious yourself!
UTSUMI
Haruka!
TANIZAWA
The last two nights, you didn't
sleep at all. It just means that
you don't trust us ...
NODA
I forgot my sleeping pills.
TANIZAWA
Insomnia? At your age?
UTSUMI
Cut it out! Satomi, lower that gun!
MATSUI
Shut up, dammit!
(grabs the spaghetti pot and
slams it on the table)
Yukie, cut the leadership crap!
UTSUMI
Chisato ...
MATSUI
You screwed up the poisoning!
UTSUMI
How can you say that?
MATSUI
You schemed with Nanahara to escape
together!
NODA
(to Chisato)
Was it you?
Matsui reaches for her weapon, a Walther PPK 7.65mm pistol. Noda
shoots Matsui with the machine gun; Matsui dies.
UTSUMI
Chisato!
Utsumi grabs Chisato's weapon and returns fire, wounding Noda.
Upstairs, Nanahara hears the gunfire. Tanizawa reaches for
her weapon, a 9mm pistol.
NODA
Goddammit!
A crazed Noda opens fire on the other three, who cover. Utsumi
and Tanizawa return fire. Noda covers.
NODA
Ouch! It hurts, you assholes! I'm
bleeding, dammit!
UTSUMI
Look who's talking!
TANIZAWA
You murderer!
NODA
Shut the hell up! You tried to
steal the gun so you're guilty!
Take that!
Noda, still crazed, charges Utsumi and Tanizawa, who return fire.
Noda jumps up onto the kitchen table and sprays Utsumi and
Tanizawa with bullets. Tanizawa get shot, dies. Noda and
Utsumi are wounded. Noda aims the machine gun at Sakaki, who
has been hiding under a table.
NODA
Not you, right? You don't belong to
their group ...
Sakaki shakes her head no.
NODA
At least I'd thought I'd live until
tomorrow.
With her last gasp of energy, Utsumi raises her arm and shoots
Noda dead.
UTSUMI
What idiots ... we might all have
survived ... we're all so stupid
... Stupid!
Utsumi dies.
SAKAKI
(frightened)
It's not my fault ... It's not my
fault ... It's not my fault!
SHUYA (O.S.)
What happened? Utsumi!
INT.LIGHTHOUSE DAY
Shuya is banging on the door with a coat hanger.
SHUYA
What happened? Hey, Utsumi!
Sakaki unlocks the door. She is crying.
SAKAKI
I'm sorry, Nanahara. I even forgot
that they are all my friends.
Sakaki runs up the stairs while Shuya notices the carnage in the
kitchen.
INT.LIGHTHOUSE KITCHEN DAY
Shuya runs down to Utsumi's corpse and cries.
SHUYA
Why? Utsumi? Why?
EXT.LIGHTHOUSE OBSERVATION DECK DAY
Shuya runs up to the observation deck of the lighthouse.
Yuko Sakaki has committed suicide by jumping off the
lighthouse's observation deck. Shuya sees her body on the
rocks below.
SHUYA
How should I know what it means? I
don't know what any of it means!
A graphic reads: "GIRL #16: YUKA NAKAGAWA DEAD. GIRL #19: CHISATO
MATSUI DEAD. GIRL #12: HARUKA TANIZAWA DEAD. GIRL #17:
SATOMI NODA DEAD. GIRL #2: YUKIE UTSUMI DEAD. GIRL #9: YUKO
SAKAKI DEAD. 10 PLAYERS LEFT."
EXT.TAKANO SHRINE (G-6 ON THE MAP) AFTERNOON
Kawada brings some leaves to the temple. Noriko is napping.
EXT.DREAM SEQUENCE RIVER BANK DAY
Noriko is walking along a riverbank with Kitano. He looks
sad.
KITANO
Are you okay?
NORIKO
What?
KITANO
If anybody sees us together,
they'll lock you right back in the
toilet.
NORIKO
It'll be someone else's turn.
KITANO
Are my classes boring?
NORIKO
Yes.
KITANO
How dare you! I go into class, and
you guys all look like a pile of
potatoes. Slapping them around
helped me tell them apart, I even
got to like them. But not anymore.
Now, you touch a student, you're
fired. You can't even lose your
temper when a student stabs you
with a knife!
NORIKO
I'll tell you just one thing.
KITANO
What?
NORIKO
The knife that stabbed you,
actually, I keep in my desk at home.
When I picked it up, I wasn't sure,
but now, for some reason, I really treasure
it. Our secret, just between us.
KITANO
Listen, Noriko.
NORIKO
Yes?
KITANO
What do you think a grown-up like
me should say to a kid like you now
that you have told me this?
INT.SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Kitano is resting when he gets a phone call from his daughter,
Shiori.
ANJO
Call for you.
Kitano picks up the phone.
KITANO
Hello?
SHIORI KITANO
(on phone)
Hi, dad.
KITANO
Oh, Shiori?
SHIORI KITANO
(on phone)
Mom's feeling bad again.
KITANO
I'm on a business trip. I can't get
home until tomorrow.
SHIORI KITANO
(on phone)
Don't bother coming home. I'm hanging
up.
KITANO
Uh huh ...
SHIORI KITANO
(on phone)
Dad, don't breathe like that, your bad
breath stinks even over the phone.
Kitano hangs up the phone.
EXT.TAKANO SHRINE AFTERNOON
Noriko wakes up. Kawada is cooking the leaves to make tea.
KAWADA
Are you okay?
NORIKO
I had a dream ...
KAWADA
What dream?
NORIKO
I was alone with Kitano on an empty
riverbank.
KAWADA
It must have been scary.
NORIKO
But Kitano just seemed lonely.
KAWADA
Okay.
NORIKO
Before this, I always just thought
of myself as normal. I'd have a
normal marriage, age normally, just
like my Mom. But when this game started,
I realized it's just that I was
sheltered.
KAWADA
Some things are better not to know.
(looks up)
Rain is on its way.
NORIKO
I hope Nanahara can find us here.
EXT.FOREST PATH AFTERNOON
Shuya, in a weakened state, is walking along the forest paths,
trying to get to the Takano Shrine to meet Noriko and
Kawada. He is badly wounded and carrying the weapons the
lighthouse girls had. He is using a walking stick. It is
raining heavily.
INT.ITALIAN RESTAURANT EVENING - FLASHBACK
Shuya and his dad have gone out to eat, one day before Shuya starts
seventh grade.
SHUYA'S FATHER
Wait!
(pause)
Another useless day. My phone never
rings. Even my cell phone is
useless. See, it's out of range.
WAITER
May I take your order?
SHUYA'S FATHER
Just wait.
WAITER
That's fine.
The waiter exits.
SHUYA'S FATHER
I don't know how many resumes I
wrote. I'm just wiped.
(to the waitress)
Miss, please give me some water.
WAITRESS (O.S.)
Yes, in a minute.
SHUYA'S FATHER
(to Shuya)
Order what you want. You start seventh
grade tomorrow, go for it.
Shuya laughs.
SHUYA'S FATHER
I say, "go for it," but I never
taught you anything.
The waiter enters again.
WAITER
Your order?
SHUYA'S FATHER
I told you to wait!
(to Shuya)
Do you want to go somewhere else?
EXT.FOREST PATH AFTERNOON
Shuya falls. He remembers his father hanging himself and the "Go,
Shuya! You can make it, Shuya!" toilet paper. He tries hard
to prop himself up using the walking stick. The rain
continues to fall.
INT.DREAM SEQUENCE BASKETBALL COURT
After the basketball game, Shuya sits on a folding chair on the
court. A basketball bounces past him and up to the rafters,
where Kuninobu catches it.
SHUYA
Nobu?!
KUNINOBU
Shuya? Look after Noriko, okay?
Promise you will protect her.
Kuninobu waves goodbye.
EXT.TAKANO SHRINE AFTERNOON
The rain continues as Noriko suddenly jumps up.
KAWADA
Where are you going?
NORIKO
To meet Nanahara.
KAWADA
Hey! We're near a danger zone!
Kawada chases after Noriko, who runs, and gets lost in
KAWADA
(shouts)
Where are you, Nakagawa?
Noriko runs to a gazebo-like structure.
EXT.GAZEBO AFTERNOON
At the gazebo Noriko finds Mitsuko Souma taking shelter from
the rain.
NORIKO
Mitsuko?
MITSUKO
What's up?
NORIKO
I'm looking for Nanahara.
MITSUKO
Did you get separated?
KAWADA (O.S.)
Where are you, Nakagawa?
MITSUKO
Who's that?
NORIKO
Kawada.
MITSUKO
Eh? Two princes protecting you.
You're a real princess.
Mitsuko gets out a pistol and aims it at Noriko.
NORIKO
(shocked)
Mitsuko!
MITSUKO
Die, you ugly shrimpy nit!
Before Mitsuko can fire the pistol, she sees something that startles
her. Mitsuko run away. Noriko turns around to find Kitano
standing there with an umbrella.
KITANO
Hey! You don't look so bad. Oh, you
got Nanahara with you.
NORIKO
Nanahara!
Shuya enters the scene, looking like a train wreck. He
falls, and Noriko runs to him.
NORIKO
Shuya! Shuya!
Kitano offers them the umbrella.
KITANO
Don't catch cold.
Kitano gives Noriko the umbrella and exits the scene.
SHUYA
You came to meet me?
Noriko nods yes.
SHUYA
I brought weapons.
NORIKO
Weapons? Why?
SHUYA
I'm weak and useless. But I'll stay
by your side. I'll protect you.
That's why I brought weapons.
NORIKO
Oh, Shuya!
Noriko embraces Shuya. Kawada watches.
EXT.WAREHOUSE (G-3 ON THE MAP) AFTERNOON
Sugimura follows his tracking device to the warehouse by bicycle.
The device reveals that someone is inside. He limps inside.
The rain continues.
INT.WAREHOUSE AFTERNOON
From behind some trash, Girl #8 Kayoko Kotohiki watches him. Sugimura
finds a used water bottle, so he knows that someone has been
here. Kotohiki climbs to a higher vantage point. She grabs
her weapon (a Sig Sauer pistol), then accidently knocks some
aluminum cans over. She is frightened.
SUGIMURA
Kotohiki? Is that you?
Kotohiki remains hidden and scared.
SUGIMURA
Kotohiki! Answer me!
Kotohiki screams and shoots the full clip of the pistol into Sugimura.
He falls into a puddle (the roof is leaky).
SUGIMURA
Hurry, run!
KOTOHIKI
What?
SUGIMURA
Someone will come, drawn to the
gunshots. Run!
KOTOHIKI
Why, Sugimura, why?
SUGIMURA
You're so cute!
KOTOHIKI
What are you talking about? What is
this?
SUGIMURA
I wanted to see you, to save you,
actually.
KOTOHIKI
Don't tell me ...
SUGIMURA
I have been in love with you,
Kotohiki, for a long, long time.
Sugimura dies. Kotohiki is in shock. She starts crying and walks
over to his body.
KOTOHIKI
(sobbing)
But you never even talked to me!
How could I have known? You never
said a thing! What am I supposed to
do now?
MITSUKO
(emerging from the shadows)
Die!
Mitsuko shoots Kotohiki through the chest with the pistol
she got from Shimizu. Kotohiki dies.
A graphic reads: "BOY #11: HIROKI SUGIMURA DEAD. GIRL #8: KAYOKO
KOTOHIKI DEAD. 8 PLAYERS LEFT."
MITSUKO
Nobody will rescue you. That's just
life ...
Suddenly, someone shoots an automatic weapon at Mitsuko. She falls.
Cut to Kiriyama, the shooter, who walks down to Mitsuko (who
is playing possum) and takes her pistol. As he turns to
leave, Mitsuko tasers Kiriyama in the groin area. Mitsuko
swings her sickle at Kiriyama a few times, screaming. He
parries her blows.
MITSUKO
Yaaaaah! Yaaaaah! Die!
She gets off what would be a lethal blow, but Kiriyama is wearing
the bulletproof vest, which provides some protection against
the sickle.
He pushes the sickle away. She tries tasering him again. He blocks.
He kicks her away to get separation, then pulls out a pistol
and shoots her. She falls and gets up again. He shoots her
again. She gets up again to swing the sickle at him.
MITSUKO
Yaaaaaaah!
He shoots her again with the pistol. She falls again, for
the last time.
MITSUKO
I just didn't want to be a loser
anymore.
Mitsuko Souma dies. A graphic reads: "GIRL #11: MITSUKO
SOUMA DEAD. 7 PLAYERS LEFT."
Kiriyama leaves.
EXT.FIELD DAY #2 - 6:00 P.M.
Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada are listening to Kitano.
KITANO
(on loudspeaker)
... Girl #16 Yuka Nakagawa, Girl
#19 Chisato Matsui, Girl #12 Haruka
Tanizawa, Girl #17 Satomi Noda,
Girl #2 Yukie Utsumi, Girl #9 Yuko
Sakaki, Boy #11 Hiroki Sugimura,
Girl #8 Kayoko Kotohiki, and Girl
#11 Mitsuko Souma. A total of nine.
SHUYA
Let's go west. We can still evade
the new danger zones. I've got to
see Mimura.
KAWADA
All right.
They leave for the west.
INT.MIMURA'S LAIR EVENING
Mimura has been working on a little present for the Battle Royale
computer. Seto and Iijima have been following the recipes in
the anarchist magazine.
MIMURA
(relieved)
I did it! I got in!
SETO
We're done too!
MIMURA
Excellent!
SETO
Two bombs, a hundred Molotov
cocktails ...
IIJIMA
And three propane tanks.
MIMURA
It took a while, but my Third Man
virus software is ready to go!
INT.SCHOOL CLASSROOM
The computer screens are reading "WARNING: VIRUS ALERT!" and a
klaxon is sounding.
GUARD
Crackers!
ANJO
From where?
GUARD
I can't tell!
ANJO
Trace it back!
GUARD
There are too many connections! Our
lines are down! It's overwriting
files at incredible speed!
ANJO
The GPS monitor is frozen!
INT.MIMURA'S LAIR
Mimura cracking. On his screen is an animated basketball player
warming up to take a shot.
INT.SCHOOL CLASSROOM
GUARD
Virus invasion! It's taking over,
really fast! Virus proceeding!
ANJO
Satellite systems frozen! Main
controls out! Connections down!
The danger zones have vanished.
ANJO
Danger zones clear! Do something!
The basketball player has made the shot.
EXT.MIMURA'S LAIR EVENING
Mimura, Seto, and Iijima are loading the bombs onto the truck.
Mimura sets the bomb trigger.
MIMURA
In fifteen minutes, their system
will be back up. We blow up the
school and the game's over!
IIJIMA
I just saw someone over there ...
MIMURA
Nanahara?
SETO
Maybe Sugimura told him about us.
Seto runs out to the noise.
SETO
Hey, Nanahara! Over here, quickly!
An automatic weapon fires at Seto, killing him.
MIMURA
Yukata!
The bullets continue. Mimura and Iijima hide behind the
truck.
MIMURA
Shit! Who is that?
Kiriyama comes out of the bushes.
MIMURA
It's him! The transfer student!
Mimura pulls out his Baretta pistol and fires at Kiriyama. Kiriyama
returns fire with the Uzi.
MIMURA
I can't hit him!
IIJIMA
Aim calm!
Mimura fires again at Kiriyama.
MIMURA
Missed again!
IIJIMA
Shut up.
Kiriyama returns fire. Mimura tries to shoot again but he is out
of bullets.
MIMURA
No good! Retreat!
Kiriyama shoots Iijima as he retreats.
MIMURA
Iijima! Iijima!
IIJIMA
(laughs)
When we escape, it will be
together!
Iijima dies.
MIMURA
Hey! Goddammit!
Mimura runs back to the truck where the bombs are. Kiriyama shoots
him, but before he dies, he sets off the bombs using the
fighting stick that was Iijima's assigned weapon. This
causes a big explosion that kills Mimura and blinds
Kiriyama.
A graphic reads: "BOY #12: YUTAKA SETO DEAD. BOY #2: KEITA IIJIMA
DEAD. BOY #19: SHINJI MIMURA DEAD. 4 PLAYERS LEFT."
Kawada, Noriko, and Shuya arrive at the scene. There are flames
from the explosion all over the place. Kawada spots Kiriyama
in the distance.
KAWADA
That's him. Stay here.
Kawada goes after Kiriyama. Kawada cocks his shotgun, alerting
Kiriyama to his presence. Kiriyama shoots at Kawada, hitting
him a couple of times, in the leg, but Kiriyama can't get
off a good shot as he is blind, and Kawada is still alive.
Kawada shoots at Kiriyama a couple of times, once in the
leg, then hits Kiriyama in the collar, which explodes,
decapitating Kiriyama.
A graphic reads: "BOY #6: KAZUO KIRIYAMA DEAD. 3
EXT.BEACH PRE-DAWN DAY 3
Kawada, Noriko, and Shuya come to the beach.
SHUYA
(to Kawada)
Are you hurt?
KAWADA
No big deal. What matters is we're
all that's left now.
SHUYA
Yeah.
KAWADA
What'll you do after this?
SHUYA
I don't know. I've never really
trusted grown-ups. My mom and dad
ran off or died because they felt
like it.
INT.SCHOOL PRE-DAWN
Kitano is watching the monitors. There are three green lines on
the lists: one each for Kawada, Shuya, and Noriko.
EXT.BEACH PRE-DAWN
SHUYA
But I'll keep fighting, even though
I don't know how, until I become a
real adult.
KAWADA
You guys never will.
SHUYA
Why not?
KAWADA
I told you, didn't I, not to trust
anyone. Well, you both trusted me
too much.
(Pulls a pistol and aims it at
Shuya and Noriko)
You lose!
SHUYA
Cut the sick joke!
KAWADA
This was my way off the island.
Sorry, but I used you guys to save
myself.
NORIKO
Well, I don't believe it! What
about Keiko?
KAWADA
There's no Keiko. She was just a
story to lure you in.
SHUYA
But why us?
KAWADA
You were perfect, just gullible
enough.
Shuya reaches for the automatic weapon behind him.
KAWADA
Hey, Nanahara. Can you really kill
me with that gun?
Shuya and Noriko look worried.
KAWADA
Game's over. For real!
Shuya moves to protect Noriko. Kawada lowers his weapon and fires
two bullets.
INT.SCHOOL PRE-DAWN
On the monitors, only Kawada's line is still green.
ANJO
Move out to check for corpses.
GUARD
Roger!
KITANO
Operation complete.
ANJO
But sir ...
KITANO
Operation complete.
A graphic reads: "GAME OVER, DAY 3, 4:30 A.M. WINNER: BOY
#5: SHOGO KAWADA".
EXT.SCHOOL
Kitano watches the military presence leave.
EXT.BACK OF SCHOOL - 6:00 A.M.
Kitano is doing stretching exercises near what looks like a soccer
field with a large "H" on it.
RADIO HOST
(on radio)
Battle Royale Radio Exercises!
Light piano music plays on the radio.
RADIO HOST
(on radio)
Raise your arms in front of you and stand
on your toes. 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Kitano stretches in time to the radio.
RADIO HOST
(on radio)
Swing your arms. 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
Kitano continues to stretch.
RADIO HOST
(on radio)
Stand with legs apart and exercise your
chest.
Kawada appears, walking towards Kitano. He looks wounded. Kitano
notices him, invites him inside.
INT.SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Kitano and Kawada are sitting.
KITANO
Nice job. I'm glad you and Kiriyama
were in the mix.
KAWADA
Are you not going home?
KITANO
There's no rush. Could you clarify
one thing for me?
Kitano gets the remote control and detonates Kawada's
collar. The collar blinks for a little while, then fizzes
out.
KITANO
You can deactivate it, right?
KAWADA
What are you ...
KITANO
You cracked the system and swiped
that data, right? Are you avenging
Keiko?
Kawada doesn't answer.
KITANO
That's fine. That's why you played
the game, right?
(pulls out a pistol)
But cheating's no good.
Suddenly, the door to the room opens. Shuya and Noriko walk in,
wounded, and armed to the teeth.
KITANO
(to Shuya and Noriko)
Hey! Was it fun surviving together,
love birds?
Noriko aims a pistol at Kitano.
KITANO
I've had it. The kids make fun of
me at school, my own kid hates me.
I might as well take you with me.
He pulls a black cloth cover, revealing his painting of the class.
Noriko in the middle of the painting looks angelic. The rest
of the class are bloodied, maimed, beaten, shot, stabbed,
and decapitated.
KITANO
And the only one worth dying with
would be you, Noriko. If I had to
choose one of you, well, then it
would have to be you, Noriko.
Noriko starts to cry. Shuya and Noriko aim guns at Kitano.
KITANO
What? Go ahead, shoot.
Shuya and Noriko are still frightened of Kitano.
KITANO
Noriko, you can do it. Noriko, you
can do it!
Shuya remembers his dad's final words: "Go, Shuya! You can make
it, Shuya!"
KITANO
What's up? Shoot me or I'll shoot
you!
Kitano raises his weapon. Shuya shoots Kitano with an automatic
weapon.
KITANO
Ouch! That hurt, dammit!
Kitano falls. Shuya fires another burst into Kitano, who shoots
Shuya and Noriko with his weapon, a water pistol.
SHUYA
I made a promise to protect Noriko.
KAWADA
I know it. I know.
Kawada, Shuya, and Noriko pull their collars off and throw them
on the floor.
The cell phone rings. Kitano gets up and answers it.
KITANO
(into phone)
Hello? Shiori? Listen, I won't be
coming home again. And listen, if
you hate someone you take the
consequences. Irresponsible? Who
the hell asked you?
Kitano throws the cell phone onto the floor then shoots it with
a pistol that he had in his back pocket. He finds the bag of
cookies that Noriko had and grabs a cookie.
KITANO
The last one.
(eats the cookie)
The cookies sure were good ...
Kitano dies.
Reaction shot of Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada.
Close up of Kitano's painting.
INT.BOAT MORNING
Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada have fled the island on a boat. Kawada
is steering.
NORIKO
(looking back at the island)
It's beautiful, even if it's where
everyone died.
SHUYA
(to Kawada)
You can even steer a ship?
KAWADA
Sure, my dad is a fisherman. Just
keep going straight and you have to
hit land. Give it a try?
Shuya takes the wheel. Kawada goes out on deck and lies
down.
KAWADA
We part soon. I doubt we'll see
each other again.
SHUYA
Why not?
KAWADA
It's for the best. It was only
three days, but there are a lot of
memories that I'd rather forget.
Noriko goes out to Kawada.
NORIKO
Kawada?
KAWADA
Yeah?
NORIKO
Thank you so much.
Pause.
KAWADA
Nanahara!
SHUYA
Yeah?
KAWADA
It's going to be tough going.
SHUYA
Yeah, I know.
Shuya goes out to Kawada, who is starting to succumb to the injuries
he received in the fight with Kiriyama.
KAWADA
I'm sleepy all of a sudden. It's
time for a nap. In meeting you
guys, I finally solved the riddle
of Keiko's smile.
NORIKO
The answer?
KAWADA
Her parting words. Thank you ...
and then ...
SHUYA
And then?
Kawada is losing consciousness.
SHUYA
Kawada?
NORIKO
Kawada?
KAWADA
And then ... I'm glad I found true
friends.
Kawada dies.
A graphic comes up of a wanted poster with Shuya's and Noriko's
pictures on it. It reads: "BOY #15: SHUYA NANAHARA & GIRL
#15: NORIKO NAKAGAWA - WANTED FOR MURDER AND ACCESSORY."
EXT.OUTSIDE CONVENIENCE STORE NIGHT
Noriko, wearing a baseball cap for a disguise, comes up to Shuya,
who is also looking like he's not trying to attract
attention on purpose. Noriko comes up and shows him the
knife that she has retrieved from her desk: the knife that
Kuninobu stabbed Kitano with two years earlier.
SHUYA (V.O.)
Noriko slipped home last night to
bid her sleeping parents farewell.
She took the knife that Nobu used
to stab Kitano from her desk. Each of
us has a weapon now. Even if the
time comes to use them again, it
will never be an easy choice. But
we have no choice but to keep
moving forward.
SHUYA
Let's run, Noriko.
NORIKO
Yes.
SHUYA (V.O.)
No matter how far, run for all you
are worth ... RUN!!!!
The class photo is displayed over the closing credits.
ROLL CREDITS AND FADE OUT.
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