New US Trailer for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’ feat. Sakura Ando
by Alex Billington
October 5, 2023
Source: YouTube
“What really happened doesn’t matter. You will defend our school.” Well Go USA has revealed the official US trailer for an acclaimed Japanese film titled Monster, the latest film from prolific Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. Set to open in art house theaters this Nov/Dec. Koreeda already won Palme d’Or a few years ago for Shoplifters, and debuted his Korean film Broker in Cannes last year, returning to Cannes this year for this premiere. A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely. The film has a score by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto. The cast includes the talented Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, and Yuko Tanaka, who overwhelm the audience with their transformative performances, and rising stars Souya Kurokawa and Yota Hiiragi, who play the two boys with freshness and emotion, as well as Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Tsunoda, Shidou Nakamura. The Rashomon-esque story follows a boy at school, examining who a “monster” really is – told from three perspectives: the mother, the teacher, and the boy, revealing the ultimate truth. Of course it’s another exquisite story from Koreeda – don’t miss it.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ another poster) for Hirokazu Koreeda’s Monster, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the original Japanese trailers for Koreeda’s Monster right here for the first look again.
What exactly is a “monster”? What do we see at the end of each character’s search for the “monster”? Little Minato starts acting strange. His mother senses that something has gone wrong. When she discovers that a teacher is responsible for her son’s behavior, she storms into the school in search of enlightenment. The story is told from the mother’s, teacher’s and child’s point of view; the truth gradually emerges. Monster is directed by acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, of many great films including Maborosi, Without Memory, After Life, Distance, Nobody Knows, Still Walking, Air Doll, Like Father Like Son, Our Little Sister, After the Storm, The Third Murder, Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, The Truth, and Broker just last year. The screenplay is written by Yûji Sakamoto (We Made a Beautiful Bouquet). This first premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year playing in the Main Competition. And it already opened in Japan during the summer. Well Go USA will debut Koreeda’s Monster in select US theaters starting on November 22nd, 2023 then in more cities nationwide in early December 2023. Who wants to watch?
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