Arrow Video has officially announced and detailed the Blu-ray of edition
Battle Royale, set for UK release on November 29. As previously reported, it will consist of three discs, with both the theatrical and the director's cut (both in 1080p). As previously reported (see Blu-ray.com,
October 15), it will initially come out in limited-edition, numbered packaging with certificate and exclusive special features.
Contents are as follows:
Disc 1
- Battle Royale, theatrical cut
- Original theatrical trailer
- The Making of Battle Royale: The Experience Of 42 High School Students
- Conducting Battle Royale with the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Disc 2
- Battle Royale, director's cut
- Special Edition trailer
- TV spot: Tarantino Version
- Shooting the Special Edition
- Takeshi Kitano interview
- The Correct Way to Make Battle Royale [Birthday Version]
- Tokyo International Film Festival presentation
Disc 3
- Opening Day at Maru No Uchi Toei Movie Theatre
- The Slaughter of 42 High School Students
- Premiere Press Conference
- The Correct Way to Fight in Battle Royale
- Royale Rehearsals
- Masamichi Amano Conducts Battle Royale
- Special effects comparison
- Behind-the-scenes featurette
- Filming on set
- TV spots, promos and commercials
- Kinji Fukasaku trailer reel
Non-disc contents
- 32-page comic
- 36-page booklet including:
"A Battle without an End" by Tom Mes, author of The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film
- Printed interview with director Kinji Fukasaku
- "Today's Lesson Is... You Kill Each Other" by Jay McRoy, author of Japanese Horror Cinema [LE-exclusive]
- Extract from Koushun Takami's original novel [LE-exclusive]
- Original promotional material including director's statement, cast and crew biogs [LE-exclusive]
- 16-page booklet including concept artwork and drawings for the Limited Edition set [LE-exclusive]
- 5x7" postcards of stills from the film [LE-exclusive]
- Fold-out reversible poster of original artwork
The studio has confirmed that it will be region free.