Plano, TX – February 21, 2024 – From internationally-acclaimed, award-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda (“Shoplifters,” “Broker”) comes the highly-lauded drama “Monster,” available for early sell-through on February 27th, then available on Digital March 12th, before debuting on Blu-ray™ April 9th from Well Go USA Entertainment. After learning a teacher is bullying her son, a mother demands answers, eventually resorting to legal action. But as the truth is gradually revealed, it proves more complex than anyone imagined. The film’s screenplay was written by Sakamoto Yuji (“In Love and Deep Water”), with music by late Academy Award®-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (Best Music, Original Score, “The Last Emperor,” 1988). The cast of “Monster” includes Ando Sakura (“Shoplifters”), Nagayama Eita (“Undercurrent”), newcomer Kurokawa Soya, and Hiiragi Hinata (“One Second Ahead, One Second Behind”).
At the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, “Monster” was nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or and won the screenplay award and the Queer Palm award. Following its North American debut at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, “Monster” garnered critical accolades at numerous festivals, including Chicago (Gold Q-Hugo Award winner), Mill Valley, Newport Beach (Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor), Vancouver (Audience Award), and the Hamptons.
SYNOPSIS
After a mother (Ando Sakura) discovers that a teacher’s bullying is behind her young son’s sudden strange behavior, she storms into his school demanding an explanation. Continually left without satisfactory answers—and with an increasingly distressed child—she furiously escalates her concerns to the school board and the media. But as the story unfolds through the multilayered perspectives of mother, teacher, and child, the real truth gradually emerges—and proves much more complex than anyone could have expected.
Country of Origin: Japan.
Available on Digital March 12th, and on Blu-ray™ April 9th
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