Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s New Film ‘Monster’ Unveiled, As Gaga, Toho Set June 2023 Release
deadline.comJapanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-Eda looks set for a return to the international festival circuit in 2023 following the announcement that he has been quietly working on a new film titled Monster, which is now in post-production.
The director’s long-time distributor Gaga Corporation announced the film on Friday, saying it would be co-distributing the work with Toho.
The new film is based on a screenplay by Yuji Sakamoto, the prolific TV writer whose popular shows include Mother, The Best Divorce and A Woman as well as the 2021 hit feature I Fell in Love Like a Flower Bouquet. “The two, who share the mutual respect to each other, work for the first time together,” said Gaga of the new collaboration.
It’s the first time, Kore-Eda has directed from another writer’s screenplay since his 1995 feature directorial debut Maborosi.
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