

Monster
Are they the ones we dream of, or the ones we fail to see among us?
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
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7.9/10
997 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- Japanese
- friendship
- japan
- bullying
- elementary school
- coming of age
- school
- teacher student relationship
- childhood
- lgbt
- childhood friends
- multiple perspectives
- masculinity
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereJio MAMI Film Festival28 Oct 2023
United StatesUS
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival16 Oct 2023
- PremiereAustin Film Festival31 Oct 2023
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York City, New York22 Nov 2023
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13Los Angeles, California1 Dec 2023
- Digital / OTTPG-1327 Feb 2024
- PremiereMilwaukee Film Festival16 Apr 2024
- Digital / OTTMUBI7 Jun 2024
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival4 Oct 2023
- Theatrical12A8 Mar 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival3 Aug 2023
- PremiereDarwin International Film Festival21 Sept 2023
- PremiereMelbourne Queer Film Festival3 Nov 2023
- TheatricalM9 May 2024
- PhysicalM17 Jul 2024
CanadaCA
- Theatrical8 Dec 2023
- Digital / OTT12 Mar 2024
American SamoaAS
- Digital / OTT26 Feb 2024
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical (limited)The Cannes Film Week (Gaumont)30 Nov 2023
BelgiumBE
- PremiereJapan-Square Film Festival10 Jan 2024
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival8 Oct 2023
- Theatrical1230 Nov 2023
- Digital / OTT14Telecine1 Mar 2024
- Physical1215 Sept 2024
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival 30 Jun 2023
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical (limited)4 Apr 2024
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival17 May 2023
- TheatricalTPVisa CNC 16117127 Dec 2023
Frequently asked questions
Monster was released on 2 June 2023.
Audience reviews
5- L7/10
Lachlan Thiele
5/18/2023
INT. COOKIE MONSTER – NIGHT Monster is the latest entry in the Kore-eda filmography (a filmography I still need to dive deeper into). Still, just like his previous films, It's a deeply personal look into a character, their motives but most importantly, how that motive affects those around them. Monster is a multi-layered beast; it retells one story from multiple perspectives giving us the whole cookie instead o…
- B8/10
Brent Marchant
12/5/2023
The perspective from which we view a situation infallibly provides us with a clear, irrefutable picture of its truthfulness, right? But what happens if we encounter someone who witnesses the same incident and comes away from it with a totally different interpretation? Both views can’t be “right,” can they? Or is it possible that none of us can see the totality of a scenario and claim to know everything about it? That…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/16/2024
I'm not usually a fan of children leading films, but hats have to come off here for a really delightful performance from the young Hinata Hiiragi as the shy and shunned "Hoshikawa". We will get to him in a minute, but first the film is delivered in three parts as a fire slowly devours a city centre tower block. The first episode introduces us to "Minato" (Soya Kurukawa). He's a bright and friendly boy who lives with …
- B10/10
badelf
6/9/2024
This film is the highest compliment to Kurasawa's Rashoman I've ever seen. Others have tried the (perhaps bonsai rule-of-three inspired) triple-POV, but I've always just witnessed a "yeah, so what." But this film - Kore-Eda's vision? Kurasawa himself would stand up and bow. It takes the master's style to a completely new level. Yuji Sakamoto and Kore-Eda have created the perfect film here. It's tight, it's paced i…
- P8/10
patient1
11/17/2025
Horrorifically Suspenseful Thriller... What a Heinous opening act, such an Evil act off the bat, which can only mean the possibility of more Ferocious acts later. Our main characters are quite young, and they're easy prey for those who would do wrong to young people. The Suspense is ramping up, and 1 of our characters is proving to be rather Brave and possibly beyond Desperate at this point in the film. Our char…
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