Monster (2023)

Name: Monster
Released: 2023
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Yuko Tanaka

• Movies, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

• 125 min

7.9

Are they the ones we dream of, or the ones we fail to see among us?

Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Casting: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Yuko Tanaka, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Shido Nakamura, Ryu Morioka, Daisuke Kuroda, Ayu Kitaura, Haruto Kobayashi, Kouga Yagishita, Taichi Kanemitsu, Harune Iida, Shiyun Nakamura, Peey, Kayo Noro
Countries: Japan
Premiere: 2023-06-02
Status: Released

Tags: friendship, japan, bullying, elementary school, coming of age, school, teacher student relationship, childhood, lgbt, childhood friends, multiple perspectives, masculinity, somber, philosophical, mother son relationship, gay theme, kids, boys' love (bl), lgbt child, adoring, elementary schools in japan

When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is believed to be responsible, and the child himself.