Our Review
- Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama
- March 15th 2024
- Hirokazu Koreeda
Monster revolves a young boy who displays concerning behaviour and his mum can’t figure out what’s going on.
After hits such as Shoplifters and Broker, Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is back with his latest film Monster.
The film revolves around a young boy named Minato (Soya Kurokawa), who starts displaying strange and unusual behaviour. He tells his worried mum Saori (Sakura Ando) that he is being bullied by his teacher Mr. Hori (Eita Nagayama) so she storms into the school demanding answers.
The narrative then shifts perspective to Mr. Hori and shows his version of events before switching for a third time to uncover the full story via Minato’s eyes.
Yuji Sakamoto won the Best Screenplay award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and deservedly so. The clever script expertly weaves the storylines together and helps you slowly connect all the pieces together.
All three revolve around what happened to Minato in school but they don’t repeat themselves as much as you’d expect. There are some moments that overlap, but the chapters unveil...
