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The girl who plays GoGo in Kill Bill, Chiaki Kuriyama, plays Chigusa in Battle Royale. According to IMDB, tarentino saw the film and liked it so much that he cast her as an homage to the film. Kinji Fukasaku, the director is mentioned in the credits of Kill Bill, died during the filming of Battle Royale II. The film was completed by his son.
Battle Royale is a great film to watch with friends. I know that the film has spread like wildfire through the campus once I started showing it to people. I know that most people are interested after they hear the plot device (9th grade class abducted and forced to kill each other), and most people actually see what the author, Takami Koushun, was getting at.
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