
Overview:
When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is believed to be responsible, and the child himself.Original Title: | 怪物 |
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Status: | Released (2023-06-02) |
Awards: | 10 wins & 48 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $434,585 |
Screen: | Yûji Sakamoto |
Productions: | TOHO, Fuji Television Network, AOI Pro., BUN-BUKU, GAGA Corporation |
Production Countries: | Japan |
Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |

Casts
- 3860313: Soya Kurokawa - Minato Mugino
- 3661746: Hinata Hiiragi - Yori Hoshikawa
- 100766: Sakura Ando - Saori Mugino
- 117975: Eita Nagayama - Michitoshi Hori
- 20331: Yuko Tanaka - Makiko Fushimi
- 1369137: Mitsuki Takahata - Hirona Suzumura
- 1723005: Akihiro Kakuta - Shoda Fumiaki
Crews
- 25645: Hirokazu Kore-eda - Director - Directing
- 2131363: Kenji Yamada - Producer - Production
- 237364: Genki Kawamura - Producer - Production
- 25645: Hirokazu Kore-eda - Editor - Editing
- 11382: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1028349: Kazuko Kurosawa - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 2034031: Shôichi Morimoto - Assistant Director - Directing
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Reviews
Lachlan Thiele
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INT. COOKIE MONSTER – NIGHT Monster is the latest entry in the Kore-eda filmography (a filmography I still need to dive deeper into). Still, just like his previous films, It's a deeply personal look into a character, their motives but most importantly, how that motive affects thos ....
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INT. COOKIE MONSTER – NIGHT Monster is the latest entry in the Kore-eda filmography (a filmography I still need to dive deeper into). Still, just like his previous films, It's a deeply personal look into a character, their motives but most importantly, how that motive affects thos ....
Continue reading ->Brent Marchant
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The perspective from which we view a situation infallibly provides us with a clear, irrefutable picture of its truthfulness, right? But what happens if we encounter someone who witnesses the same incident and comes away from it with a totally different interpretation? Both views can’ ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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I'm not usually a fan of children leading films, but hats have to come off here for a really delightful performance from the young Hinata Hiiragi as the shy and shunned "Hoshikawa". We will get to him in a minute, but first the film is delivered in three parts as a fire slowly devour ....
Continue reading ->badelf
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This film is the highest compliment to Kurasawa's Rashoman I've ever seen. Others have tried the (perhaps bonsai rule-of-three inspired) triple-POV, but I've always just witnessed a "yeah, so what." But this film - Kore-Eda's vision? Kurasawa himself would stand up and bow. It takes ....
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