MOVIE REVIEW

Monster / 2023

Name: Monster
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2023
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 7.9

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

7.9 / 10 (864 votes)

125 minutes

DIRECTOR Hirokazu Kore-eda

WRITERS Yuji Sakamoto

CAST Sakura Ando, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Eita Nagayama, Yuko Tanaka, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Shido Nakamura, Ryu Morioka, Daisuke Kuroda, Ayu Kitaura, Haruto Kobayashi, Kouga Yagishita, Taichi Kanemitsu, Harune Iida

PRODUCTION TOHO, Fuji Television Network, AOI Pro., BUN-BUKU, GAGA Corporation

ORIGINAL 怪物

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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Monster adalah sebuah Mystery, Thriller, Drama yang dirilis pada tahun 2023. “Are they the ones we dream of, or the ones we fail to see among us?” Film ini disutradarai oleh Hirokazu Kore-eda dan dibintangi oleh Sakura Ando, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Eita Nagayama, Yuko Tanaka.

Monster menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Monster menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Monster adalah Mystery yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

Last Updated: April 28, 2026

COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

Lachlan Thiele 7/10

May 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 of just the crumbs. Usually, I'm a crumb kinda guy; I like to figure things out myself, putting them all together to get my cookie. Still, Kore-eda gives me the cookie; at points,...

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Lachlan Thiele 7/10

May 18, 2023

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Brent Marchant 8/10

December 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’s the core takeaway from director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest feature, an ambitious, skillfully crafted tale told from multiple vantage points, all of them “correct” in their own right, despite...

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CinemaSerf 7/10

March 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 his widowed mother (Sakura Ando). She starts to notice that his behaviour is a becoming a bit erratic and after some investigation begins...

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badelf 10/10

June 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 incredibly well, and it's complex and layered like a fine wine. Kore-Eda threw away the book of film directing, and created two hours of in-your-face, up front and personal story-telling. And surprisingly, it...

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patient1 8/10

November 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 character is proving to be Resourceful, and showing rather impressive calm in the situation at hand. Such a Horrible hand they've been dealt, and we hope that they...

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