Quentin Tarantino Wishes He Directed ‘Battle Royale’ Before ‘Hunger Games’ Franchised ‘Ripped It Off
Quentin Tarantino Wishes He Directed ‘Battle Royale’ Before ‘Hunger Games’ Franchised ‘Ripped It Off’ https://t.co/eulWxoguIK pic.twitter.com/4KehZDJSMI
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Quentin Tarantino wished he directed the 2001 Japanese action film “Battle Royale,” which he said directly inspired Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” series and subsequent films.
“Battle Royale,” directed by Kinji Fukasaku and based on the novel by Kōshun Takami, follows a group of junior high students who are forced to fight to the death in a dystopian world.
Tarantino included an ode to “Battle Royale” by casting star Chiaki Kuriyama in “Kill Bill: Volume 1” as schoolgirl Gogo Yubari in the 2003 film.
“I’m a big fan of the Japanese movie ‘Battle Royale,’ which is what ‘Hunger Games’ was based on. Well, ‘Hunger Games’ just ripped it off. That would have been awesome to have directed ‘Battle Royale.'”
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