--- title: 'Monster (2023)' type: 'film' director: 'Hirokazu Koreeda' released: '2023-05-17' runtime_minutes: 127 certification: 'PG-13' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/monster-2023' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23736044/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Monster (2023) 2023 · PG-13 · 127 min · Drama, Thriller · Japan Original title: 怪物 ## Synopsis Monster is a 2023 Japanese coming-of-age psychological drama mystery thriller film directed, co-produced, and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda from a screenplay written by Yuji Sakamoto. It stars Sakura Andō as a mother who confronts a teacher after noticing disturbing changes in her son's behavior. The film marks the first time Kore-eda has directed a film he did not write himself since Maborosi (1995). This was the last scoring project by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died two months before its release; the film is dedicated to his memory. ## Credits - **Original Music Composer:** [Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto) - **Director:** [Hirokazu Koreeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/hirokazu-koreeda) - **Screenplay:** [Yūji Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuji-sakamoto) - **Producer:** [Genki Kawamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/genki-kawamura) ## Cast - [Akihiro Kakuta](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiro-kakuta) - [Yūko Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-tanaka) - [Soya Kurokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/soya-kurokawa) - [Eita Nagayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/eita-nagayama) - [Sakura Andō](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakura-ando) - [Mitsuki Takahata](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuki-takahata) - [Hinata Hiiragi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hinata-hiiragi) - [Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto) - [Nakamura Shidō II](https://cinepixo.com/people/nakamura-shido-ii) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://gaga.ne.jp/kaibutsu-movie/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/monster-2023 Film facts: Wikidata (Q116687945); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.