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OPENING CRAWL
At the dawn of the millennium, 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 Millennium Educational
Reform Act, A.K.A. the Battle
Royale Act.
EXT.DAY
A helicopter hovers overhead. A television news crew and a
female reporter are covering the winner of a Battle Royale
coming home. Soldiers are keeping the news crew from getting
good shots as the camera probes as if this were documentary
news footage.
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 wears
braces.
REPORTER
Look, she is smiling! Smiling!
The smile looks creepier, like a smirk.
REPORTER
The girl definitely just smiled!
Close up of the girl's face. The evil grin makes her look
like she's about to kill someone with her bare hands just
for the hell of it.
OPENING CREDITS
FADE IN on the class picture of Shiroiwa Junior High, Class
3-B.
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 comes 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 students are laughing,
goofing off, not paying attention to their surroundings. 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 notices the commotion, 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 bandanna 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 unlocks the
door and gestures to Kitano.
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 runs to Kitano and shouts the next line in his face.
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 is 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 Royale!
Congratulations!
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, heading for the door to the room. Soldiers get in
the way and act as a riot squad. They 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 him gleefully.
In the chaos, a bullet grazes Noriko in the left arm. Kitano
winces as Noriko gets hurt. Megumi, Kuninobu, and Shuya go
over to Noriko and inspect the damage.
MEGUMI
Nakagawa!
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 coke bottle 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 him
away.
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. When he gets up
after the tackling, he notices Noriko right beside him and
restrains himself.
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 ax)
Ooh, 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
(to the class)
You probably guessed, but they are
a little dangerous.
Kawada grabs a different kit off the rack, stares at
Kiriyama, 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 he
leaves.
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.
TENDO
Nanahara!
Shuya gets the flashlight out of his kit and shines it at
Tendo. She has a crossbow bolt lodged in her neck.
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 turns off the flashlight, grabs his kit, and runs
back to Noriko, who has just exited the school.
SHUYA
Noriko, don't!
Shuya takes Noriko down a path away from Akamatsu, who 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 and Noriko hide in the cave, where they sit down.
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 shrimpy
nit!
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 bandanna 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 his
place.
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, identifying
herself.
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, closes the door, 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. The blade of the
sickle causes Megumi to start bleeding from the mouth.
Megumi winces in pain.
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 TO:
EXT.NEXT DOOR NIGHT
Boy #8 Yoji Kuramoto and Girl #21 Yoshimi Yahagi have
committed suicide by hanging themselves (Kuramoto's weapon
was the rope).
CUT TO:
INT.KITCHEN NIGHT
Back to Mitsuko, who has Megumi Eto in a headlock with the
sickle.
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. Blood pours
out of Megumi's neck.
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 ax. 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 ax at Shuya, who
uses his pot lid as a shield. They grapple, and tumble down
the hill. When we next see them, the hand ax 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 ax
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, firing his gun at him. Kawada
returns fire, 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 ax 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. Noriko uses
her binoculars to get a closer look at Kusaka, who is with
Girl #6 Yukiko Kitano (no relations) on a cliff. Kusaka is
trying to draw attention to herself.
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 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 PLAYERS
LEFT."
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 bandanna.
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 Hiroki 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 gossiped
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 her
face.
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, a
jackknife.
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.
NIIDA
Let me go!
Chigusa rides him for a bit and stabs him in the chest.
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 PLAYERS
LEFT."
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 more
thing?
(to Hiroki)
You look really cool, Hiroki.
SUGIMURA
You too. You're the coolest girl in
the world.
CHIGUSA
Thank you ...
Chigusa dies. Sugimura props her head up by the chin, looks
into her eyes, and notices she isn't moving by herself.
Sugimura cries.
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 PLAYERS
LEFT."
DAY #1 - 6 P.M. - SCHOOL
As Kitano speaks the following line, pan slowly from
Kitano's half-finished painting to empty food cans to
Kitano.
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 bandanna, revealing a scar on his
forehead.
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 bandanna 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 the
winner.
INT.CLINIC EVENING
Kawada takes a swig out of his flask. Shuya hands the photo
back to Kawada.
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 curtains 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
Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada duck out of the way of the
windows.
KAWADA
Quick! Give me the map!
Shuya fetches his map and the three of them glance at it.
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 PLAYERS
LEFT."
Kiriyama takes the bulletproof vest from Oda and puts it on.
He puts the katana back in its scabbard, 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. Shuya draws his gun and aims
for 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 through a window.
Kawada and Noriko dive 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 be
together.
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.
CUT TO:
EXT.FOREST PATH DAY - FLASHBACK
A replay of the scene where Oki has a hand ax in his head
and dies. We see Yuko's frightened reaction to the scene.
CUT TO:
INT.LIGHTHOUSE DAY
SHUYA
Yeah, we fell down a hill together.
It was an accident.
CUT TO:
EXT.FOREST PATH DAY - FLASHBACK
Shuya and Oki fall down the hill together.
INT.LIGHTHOUSE DAY
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".)
CUT TO:
EXT.FOREST PATH DAY - FLASHBACK
Yuko Sakaki watches Oki die. She is frightened out of her
wits.
CUT TO:
INT.LIGHTHOUSE KITCHEN DAY
Yuko 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, pours 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. She is a happy-go-lucky girl.
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 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 gets 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 the
forest.
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 accidentally
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."
CUT TO:
INT.SOUMA LIVING ROOM - FIVE YEARS AGO - FLASHBACK
Ten-year-old Mitsuko comes home from school to her
lower-class house find her mother having marital relations
with a strange man.
MITSUKO
Hi, Mom.
(notices the stranger)
That's not Dad!
Mitsuko's mother looks drunk or drugged.
MITSUKO'S MOTHER
Go upstairs, Mitsuko.
Mitsuko obeys.
INT.MITSUKO'S BEDROOM - FIVE YEARS AGO - FLASHBACK
Mitsuko is doing her homework, distracted by the commotion
below.
Suddenly, the stranger knocks on the door. Mitsuko opens it.
STRANGER
I'm a friend of your mother's.
(pause)
She told me your name is Mitsuko,
right?
Mitsuko nods. The stranger gets out a fashion doll.
STRANGER
I got you a doll. Her name is
Mitsuko, too.
Mitsuko gasps.
The stranger removes the clothes from the doll.
STRANGER
See? The doll has no clothes. Now,
it's time for the real Mitsuko to
undress ...
Mitsuko is in shock. She pushes the stranger through the
doorway to her room. He slips on the carpeting and falls
backward down the stairs, dying after receiving a head wound
at the bottom. Mitsuko looks down at him, making sure that
he is dead.
INT.SOUMA LIVING ROOM - FIVE YEARS AGO - FLASHBACK
Mitsuko runs downstairs to her mother.
MITSUKO
Mom, what was that all about?
MITSUKO'S MOTHER
I needed money for drugs, so I
pimped. That guy paid me a lot of
money to have sex with both of us.
MITSUKO
(pointing out the stranger)
Well, he won't bother us anymore.
INT.WAREHOUSE AFTERNOON
Back to the scene before the flashback. Mitsuko picks up
Kotohiki's Sig Sauer pistol, looks at it, throws it away.
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
the pistol that Mitsuko had 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
Yutaka!
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. Shuya and Noriko
watch this battle, and when Kiriyama dies, they embrace.
A graphic reads: "BOY #6: KAZUO KIRIYAMA DEAD. 3 PLAYERS
LEFT."
EXT.BEACH PRE-DAWN DAY 3
Kawada, Noriko, and Shuya come to the beach. Kawada is
limping.
SHUYA
(to Kawada)
Are you hurt?
KAWADA
No big deal. What matters is we're
all that's left now.
SHUYA
Yeah.
KAWADA
What will 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 is 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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