Monster Trailer #1 (2023)

Check out the new trailer for Monster starring Soya Kurokawa!

US Release Date: November 22, 2023
Starring: Eita Nagayama, Sakura Andô, Soya Kurokawa
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Synopsis: When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.

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#Monster

[marianne]

Everytime I hear "who is the monster?" I feel guilty, not because I did something horrible to someone that made me feel bad but because I'm a part of this cruel society, and it's shown in the movie that we become monsters from someone's perspective by doing something we never meant to.

[kitewashere]

This movie shows the power of perspective. From the twists and turns of the story up until the very end, it matters on how we perceive things.

[iwaisman]

The script is very creative. It follows the " Rashomon style" (different points of view tell the same story) but adds some variations.
This film won Cannes Film Festival' s prize for best script.

[pendragon]

At first I’m very confused on what’s happening but damn the last part of the movie everything make sense and I’ve never cried this much…. It takes time for me move on with this masterpiece 😭😭😭 They’re just wanted to be happy but the world is cruel and won’t understand their feelings 😢



UPDATE: I can’t move on…. With this MASTERPIECE 😭

[KuroGR]

I really wish that more indie and Asian Cinema, like this movie, was avaliable in more countries around the world. I am pretty sure that watching a movie like this, in a cinema/theater, Not from the comfort of your house, would drasticly boost the whole feeling of the movie.

I would have paid good money to watch it in cinema

[klledsm]

one of the best movie i have ever seen, it hooks u up thinking, one person did something wrong or someone else, the perspective of everyone just breaks u inside, literally cried a lot, the cinematography is just BEAUTIFUL

[tiwitiwi]

when the principal said it was a misunderstanding it really was but we sided the mother

[on_yourmarkk]

I really wanna forget this movie and watch it again and again. I watched this movie last week but still can't move on. The story, cinematography and music are amazing. "Were we reborn?" and that blue gate hits really different. "Who's the monster" with aqua soundtrack became my therapy. Such a great work. Worth watching.

[coldpulse]

In my perspective they have died. In the end when they were running together, there was no gate shown in front of the abounded railway track.
I personally think that gate represents a stop to their love and happiness. And in the last scene that gate was not there because they have already died and they eventually found their happiness after death.
They were talking about reborn after death. Maybe it is shown that they died in the storm and reborn. But this time there were no gate to stop them from finding their happiness, they run together until they dissappear into the broad daylight.

[hj-ctqi]

shouldn't have been surprised that since the trailer made me cry, the movie made me cry like a baby

[rezq]

We need more films like this. Every question and discussion are raised quietly, between director and a viewer, while story unfolds itself and each character lives in their own bubble, not explaining anything to a viewer and not forcing dialogues to move the plot or some social awareness. Felt like we are watching a real life.

[kieran]

This movie left me in silence for a few seconds after it ends. Then somehow I just cried.

[philosophum]

A lot of empathy watching this film. Beautiful soundtrack by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto as well. My favorite foreign film this year.

[angc]

Facts : You the viewer decide if they died or they are still alive. IS your feelings. your eyes . your perspective NO ONE ELSE. Masterpiece movie and music soundtrack !

[jujuonthemoon]

Me as a mother of a boy this movie touched on many levels. We should never judge by not knowing the story from each side and I deeply believe this movie can open many perspectives towards understanding behaviour of our beloved ones. So little we know

[momamamo]

BEST movie from 2023 but not even nominated for an oscar.... but Barbie did, , , , WTF wrong with oscar....

[gale]

It's been a while since I've watched this and I'm still left heartbroken in many places. This movie is achingly beautiful and I wish I can share it to someone who would understand how it means so much to me.

[sheckler]

I saw this movie a few weeks ago and can't stop thinking about it. This movie was a real gut punch. Go see it as blind as you can.

[kurrs]

the queer coming-of-age films i've seen until this one are either corny rom-coms or depressive melodramas. Monster is different in a way that it has some sort of encapsulating element that will lure you within its world. You can feel the dampness and coldness, yet also feel its warmth and childlike whimsy.

[lightcyanblue]

Just finished the movie and wow. I enjoyed every bit of it. One of my twists is the principal, with her part you seriously just have to trust the process. Beautiful movie. 100/10!