![]() ![]() ![]() When finally published in April 1999, it went on to become a bestseller, and only a year later was made into both a manga and a feature film. Lieutenant was rejected in the final round of the 1997 literary competition Japan Grand Prix Horror Novel, due to its controversial content depicting Junior High School children forced to kill one another. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University"s liberal arts correspondence course program From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.īattle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. Best known for his 1999 novel Battle Royale, which was later adapted into two live-action films, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and three manga series. ![]()
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