Teacher Kitano Quotes in Battle Royale (2000)

Teacher Kitano: Life is a game. So fight for survival and see if you're worth it.

Kyouichi Motobuchi: If I survive, can I go home?

Teacher Kitano: Yes, but only if everyone else is dead.

Teacher Kitano: So today's lesson is, you kill each other off till there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules.

[his last words]

Teacher Kitano: The last one... Cookies sure were good.

Teacher Kitano: Are my classes boring?

Noriko Nakagawa: Yes.

Teacher Kitano: How dare you!

Noriko Nakagawa: [chuckles]

Teacher Kitano: I go into class, you guys look like a pile of potatoes. Slapping them around helped me tell them apart, even got to like them. But now, not anymore. Now you touch a student, you're fired. Can't even lose it when a student stabs you!

Noriko Nakagawa: I'll tell you just one thing.

Teacher Kitano: What?

Noriko Nakagawa: That knife that stabbed you... actually I keep it in my desk at home. When I picked it up, I wasn't sure... but now, for some reason, I really treasure it. It's our secret, okay? Just between us.

Teacher Kitano: Listen, Nakagawa.

Noriko Nakagawa: Yes?

Teacher Kitano: What do you think a grown-up should say to a kid now?

Teacher Kitano: Here's your list of friends in the order they died.

Training Video Girl: [in Japanese] Hello, everyone in Class B!

Teacher Kitano: [clapping happily] Ok, hello!

Training Video Girl: You are the lucky class chosen for this year's Battle Royale!

[welcoming hand gesture]

Training Video Girl: Congratulations!

Teacher Kitano: [welcoming hand gesture] Thank you!

Teacher Kitano: What? Go ahead. Shoot. Nakagawa, you can do it. Nakagawa, you can do it.

Teacher Kitano: [phone call from his daughter] Hello?

Shiori Kitano: Hello, mister.

Teacher Kitano: Oh, Shiori?

Shiori Kitano: Mom's feeling bad again.

Teacher Kitano: On a business trip, can't get home 'til tomorrow.

Shiori Kitano: Huh. Don't bother coming home. Hanging up.

Teacher Kitano: Huh...

Shiori Kitano: Mister, don't breathe like that. Your bad breath even stinks over the phone.

Teacher Kitano: [phone call from his daughter] Hello?... Shiori?... Listen, I won't be coming home again... Listen, if you hate someone, you take the consequences... Irresponsible? Who the hell asked you?

[shoots phone]

Teacher Kitano: Sorry - it's against the rules for me to kill, isn't it?