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Monster (Japanese: 怪物, romanized: Kaibutsu) is a 2023 Japanese coming-of-age [4] psychological drama mystery thriller film directed, co-produced, and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda from a screenplay written by Yuji Sakamoto. [5] It stars Sakura Andō as a mother who confronts a teacher after noticing disturbing changes in her son's behavior. [6]
Monster is a 2008 direct-to-video kaiju film. An international co-production of Japan and the United States, it is a mockbuster created to capitalize on the release of Cloverfield. It was released direct-to-DVD on January 15, 2008. [1] Cloverfield was released theatrically three days later on January 18, 2008.
The film has its Asian premiere at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in July 2008. [6] A Region 1 DVD of the film was released on January 13, 2009 by Tokyo Shock [7] A Region 2 DVD of the film was released on April 13, 2009 by 4Digital Media. [8] A straight to video prequel has been announced for release in Japan. [9]
Katsuhito Itō of Hobby Japan felt the film is the best kaiju movie since the original 1954 Godzilla film. [30] Troy Guinn of Eccentric Cinema gave the film a score of 8 out of 10, calling it "one of only three Godzilla films I would recommend to anyone besides giant monster-movie fans or sci-fi buffs, the other two being the original Gojira ...
Monster movies from Japan. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. K. Kaiju films (10 C, 179 P) V. Japanese vampire films (18 P)
Japan kaiju [298] Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature: 1967 Japan kaiju [298] Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z: 2022 Japan kaiju [298] Under Paris: 2024 France mutant shark [342] Underwater: 2020 United States Cthulhu [343] The Valley of Gwangi: 1969 United States Allosaurus [344] [345] Varan the Unbelievable: 1958 Japan Varan / Giant lizard / daikaiju ...
フランケンシュタイン), is a 1981 Japanese anime monster movie television film, loosely based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and the Marvel comic book Monster of Frankenstein. In this 98-minute violent, adult-oriented film, the creature was portrayed as a misunderstood monster, who only wanted to ...
Monster was released in theaters on March 13, 2014. Writer-director Hwang In-ho experimented by combining thriller and comedy elements and pushing genre conventions to their extremes with strong stylistic overtones, but some reviews called the film "awkward," "unharmonious" and "almost schizophrenic" as a result, while others criticized a perceived misogyny beneath the film's ostensible ...