, 2h9 Directed byToshiaki Toyoda OriginJapon GenresDrama, Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime ThemesFilms about education, Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films, Films about school violence ActorsTaichi Saotome, Yūya Yagira, Ryo Katsuji, Masahiro Higashide, Suzu Hirose, Kento Nagayama Roles Ogisu Kenichi Rating57% Kaburagi Kazeo is a new transfer student at Suzuran All-Boys High School. While walking to school, he witnesses a group of students get clipped by a passing town car. He arrives just in time for the “opening ceremony”, a showdown between Goura Toru, the school's number one fighter, and another student. The fracas is interrupted by the arrival of Kagami Ryohei, another transfer student, whose arrogance immediately draws the ire of the crowd. Recognizing his vehicle as the town car from earlier, Kazeo confronts Ryohei, who ignores him and walks away. Before he can follow, Kazeo is attacked by another student, Wajima, whom he promptly knocks out with a single punch.
, 1h35 Directed byTakashi Shimizu GenresThriller, Horror ActorsYūya Yagira, Ai Maeda, Misako Renbutsu, Suzuki Matsuo, Ryo Katsuji, Elina Mizuno Roles Motoko Rating38% This is a story of a group of teenagers with a shared mysterious past, that are confronted suddenly with the return of a friend who was thought to be dead. After the friend, Yuki, falls ill, they take her to a hospital only to find out it is a labyrinth.
, 1h35 Directed byKeiichi Sugiyama OriginJapon GenresDrama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance ThemesPost-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films, Mise en scène d'une plante ActorsRyo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Kenichi Endō, Ren Osugi, Omi Minami, Vincent de Bouard Rating63% Genetic engineering on trees was conducted at a research facility on the Moon to produce trees capable of growing in harsh, arid conditions. The trees gain consciousness, obliterating Earth's civilizations and destroying the Moon. Three hundred years later, Japan is a dystopia covered by the Forest, a huge expanse of sapient trees, and ruled by the tree-like Druids, which inhabit the planet and control the water supply of both trees and humans. Agito, a young boy, and his father Agashi, as well as his friends Cain and Minka, live in Neutral City, a city carved out of the ruined skyscrapers which acts as both a buffer and a bridge between the Forest and the militaristic nation of Ragna. While the people of Neutral City co-exist peacefully with the trees of the forest, the nation of Ragna aims to destroy the Forest to restore the Earth.
, 2h13 Directed byKinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku OriginJapon GenresScience fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror ThemesPolitical films, Dystopian films ActorsTatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shugo Oshinari, Yuma Ishigaki, Sonny Chiba, Miyuki Kanbe Rating46% Three years after the events of the first film, the survivors of previous Battle Royales have formed a rebel group called the Wild Seven which is led by Shuya Nanahara. A class of teenagers from Shikanotoride Junior High School (鹿之砦中学校, Shikanotoride Chūgakkō) are kidnapped by the Japanese government. Instead of stereotypically studious Japanese students, these ninth graders are “a ragtag collection of delinquents and losers from all over Japan,” including tough-guy rugby players and punks with dyed hair. More importantly, many are orphans whose parents or family died in bombings by the Wild Seven. After their school bus is diverted to an army base, the students are herded into a cage, surrounded by armed guards, and confronted by their schoolteacher, Riki Takeuchi, who lays down the ground rules of the new Battle Royale game. Wild Seven is hiding out on a deserted island (filmed on Hashima Island), and instead of being forced to kill each other, as in the old Battle Royale, the students are sent off to war and ordered to attack the terrorist group’s hideout en masse and kill Shuya within 72 hours. Most of the students are not interested in being forced to avenge their families, but they are coerced to fight through exploding metal collars, which their captors can detonate by remote control. The teacher shows them a line in the caged classroom: those who wish to participate are instructed to cross the line, while those who refuse to participate will be killed. The students are put into 'pairs'; if one student dies, then his or her partner will be killed via collar detonation.