15 years ago,"Battle Royale", which was famous for the bloody and violent scenario, had revealed the introspection of the elitism that the Japanese have believed in for so long, and till now, " As the Gods Will", based on the manga, as the updated version of "Battle Royale" that has pushed the elitism to a new level.

Fight for survival, it is the common theme of the two films. In the movie it made an assumption that there was a law of competition among the juveniles, only the winner could have the right to survive, and in the process of competition there were no friends, but killers who wanted to kill you for their survival.

The same story has been labeled as different titles in different cultures, it's been called "Hunger Game" in America, " Battle Royale " and " As the Gods Will" in Japan, the difference is obvious. Literally the word "hunger" of " Hunger Game " has the meaning of strong desire for something, and at a deeper level the strong desire had been interpreted as the desire for living, lust for power and greed for money in the movie. Unlike the tragic of the American version, " As the Gods Will ", the work of Takashi Miike who's been honored as the wizard of Japanese directors, that is similar to a quiz game filled with competitive and stimulative factors. As to the auteurism of Takashi Miike, killing a person just like playing a game, which has tended to heighten the entertainment of the movies, and weaken the artistry. For this movie " As the Gods Will", it's apt to attract more attentions on the funny but cruel "Murder Game" that means if any of the competitors lost the game then he'd be killed, Takashi creatively used the red glass beads instead of real blood In order to making the bloody scene less bloody, the tense atmosphere and cute murder dolls have only reminded the audiences of its competitive and entertainment, but not the extreme elitism of Japanese that should be rethought .

Obviously, the violence aesthetics in movies have two sides, for the good one it can amuse the audience, but for the bad one it's difficult for us to have deeply thought while enjoying the amusement. that's the misconception the movie gives us, just as the dialogue of the end,

Survivor A: there is definitely no God.

Murder Doll: No, you're wrong, all of those what you'd experienced that was designed by God.

However, some ''God" has also designed by human, and that's also the misconception we get from our real lives.