A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely. Fushimi : If only some people can have it, that's not happiness. That's just nonsense. Happiness is something anyone can have. All All. Sign In. Monster Original title: Kaibutsu. Play trailer Coming-of-Age Drama Thriller. Director Hirokazu Koreeda. See production info at IMDbPro. Videos 2. Trailer Clip Photos Add photo. Top cast 8 Edit. Eita Nagayama Michitoshi Hori.
Soya Kurokawa Minato Mugino. Hinata Hiiragi Yori Hoshikawa. Mitsuki Takahata Hirona Suzumura. Hirokazu Koreeda. More like this. Storyline Edit. Did you know Edit. Trivia Koreeda said that all the characters in the film, to some degree, are imprisoned by invisible walls.
And the children are living in this world that the adults have created and they are affected by it, in terms of the violence that is perpetrated upon them. Yet they are able to escape it. It's as if the adults have been left behind, and the children have gone ahead and come to their own self-realization.
I wanted it to be a positive realization. Quotes Fushimi : If only some people can have it, that's not happiness. User reviews Review. Featured review. In between, he experimented with comedy HANA , a twist of fantasy collaborating with non-Japanese actors and cinematographer in AIR DOLL, and then back to more social-commentary and plot driven - some were Melodrama-esque, kitchen-sink films, and others he dabbled in crime whodunnit stories While the technique is similar, the point intended is very different from Kurosawa's use of POV story reveal - Kore-eda uses POV to reveal the truths in the story, while Kurosawa uses perspective story telling to show the audience there is no objectivity with human memories - people will choose to remember and recall memories that isn't necessarily true, but serves to protect their self-interests.
To me, MONSTER has all the heart, humanity, and social commentary that I love from Kore-eda films, but it almost is too accessible for it to be a Kore-eda story - fair to say it isn't his story as he didn't write the screenplay this time. Is Kore-eda back in good form after dabbling with his French and Korean collaborations? In my opinion this was done to ensure the audience get the intention without any doubt - wasn't necessary and seemed too deliberate for a Kore-eda film Top picks Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations.
