http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?...vieid=70004548
This is a weird situation. Battle Royale has NOT been released in the US. The people who own the rights don't want to liscense it for a US release. But Netflix has it. Netflix, to my knowledge, doesn't do foreign DVDs, and they certainly don't deal with bootlegs. And to double check that it hasn't been released, I checked Amazon.com, Buy.com, Video ETA, DVD Aficionado, and IMDB. Nothing. Netflix should not have this movie. But they do. And it's not all of a sudden, either. It has 6 reviews and over 500 ratings, and is on Very Long Wait (but NOT Very Long Wait: Out of Print).
Weird...