Battle Royale (2000) inspired Lost TV show and Kill Bill

Rewatching (on fastforward for parts, my fav new thing). Seems obvious that Japan’s Battle Royale (2000) inspired Lost tv show and Kill Bill. In Lost, stuck on island… teams…. Flashbacks to why some were criminals or whatnot. 

Kill Bill… Japanese chicks killing ppl. Was that the same actress in both?

    Yep, Chiaki Kuriyama via imdb. 

Influenced by... yeah, HungerGames certainly. 

Let's see what the internet says... yeah:

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/twenty-years-later-battle-royale-has-been-oft-copied-never-equaled/

They list Mazerunner & Divergent (didnt watch), also. 

-Next site- 

Saburkaru Online website has info. I like their take on the fact that Ringu->The Ring and Japanese movies were getting hot right around when Battle Royale came out. And good point... it might have all started with the old Lord of the Flies... oh yeah. Different feel due to age differences, but a lot of similarities. 

These guys https://sabukaru.online/articles/battle-royal-game-genre

Squid Game, oh yeah?! And there was some Fornite video game thing, too. Oh shit, this PubG game- BR apparently would..."give birth to PUBG (Player Unknown Battlegrounds). A game defined by its large-scale conflict where players fight to be the last one standing in a constantly shrinking arena."

The students and the ~teacher in Battle Royale. 

Chiaki Kuriyama in Kill Bill Vol.1, same lady. 

- 3rd site -Took me a minute to find "Lost" mentioned, but somebody on wikipedia also agrees LOST was influenced by this movie/manga. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_(film).

Oh dang, didn't recall Shaun of the Dead reference:

Battle Royale has also been referenced in the 2004 zombie comedy film Shaun of the Dead, where Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg made sure a big Battle Royale poster is prominently displayed in Shaun's living room.

Wow the list goes on and on and on. Crazy.