Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's movie ”Monster” attracts more than 500,000 viewers...first Japanese live-action movie ”Seca Koi”

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's 16th feature film ``Monster'' has exceeded 500,000 viewers (as of February 2nd at 4pm). This happened about two months after it was released at the end of November last year. 5 Japanese live-action movies
"Monster" is the first to mobilize 00,000 people since 2022's "Even if this love disappears from the world tonight." This is the second-highest box office performance for a Japanese live-action film in the past 15 years.
``Monster'' has been praised as a masterpiece that will lead the revival of art films. Last year, at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival, he won the Main Prize for Legs in the competition category.
The script was written by Yuji Sakaformer, a famous Japanese TV series scriptwriter who adapted the movie ``Cry for Love in the Center of the World.'' In addition, music is the first Asian musician to receive an Academy Music Award.
It was created by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, who won the Raku Prize. The ``monster'' is a single mother, Saori (Sakura Ando), who senses something unusual about the behavior of her son, Minato (Kurokawa Soya), and his homeroom teacher, Mari (Nagayama).
The story is about a man (Eita), who confronts a case he never knew about through his son's friend, Yori (Yota Hiiragi). It was released at the end of November last year and is currently being shown to rave reviews in theaters across the country.