A new Japanese thriller with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a quietly searing depiction of childhood
Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest explores the tenderness and cruelty of childhood with a Rashomon-like narrative structure
Table of Contents
EntertainmentMoviesThriller MoviesA new Japanese thriller with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a quietly searing depiction of childhoodWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentMoviesThriller MoviesA new Japanese thriller with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is a quietly searing depiction of childhoodWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Picturehouse Entertainment)
What does it mean to be a monster? There are several kinds of monsters in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, or, more accurately, several kinds of monstrous feelings.
Set in an anonymous town in rural Japan, Monster opens with widowed single mother Saori (Sakura Andō) who’s worried about her son Minato (Sōya Kurokawa) after he starts behaving …
