"Adults cannot be trusted": The brutal 1999 Japanese movie that influenced "Squid Game"

Netflix's global phenomenon Squid Game owes a debt to a Japanese movie made a quarter-century earlier, as revealed by Cezary Jan Strusiewicz for Tokyo Weekender.

Squid Game's creator Hwang Dong-hyuk openly acknowledges drawing inspiration from Battle Royale, the cult 1999 story about middle school students forced to fight to the death by a fascist government. — Read the rest

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