Hirokazu Kore-eda’s MONSTER Gets SVOD Streaming Premiere Date

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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s award-winning drama MONSTER is set to make its SVOD debut early next month, arriving on the streaming platform MUBI (US) on June 7th, 2024. The film world premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won both the Queer Palme and the Best Screenplay awards. It launched in US theaters on November 22nd, 2023.

Monster was directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda from a screenplay written by Yuji Sakamoto. It stars Sakura Andō as a mother who confronts a teacher after noticing disturbing changes in her son's behavior. The film marks the first time Kore-eda has directed a film he did not write himself since Maborosi (1995). It was the last scoring project by Ryuichi Sakamoto (no relation to Yuji Sakamoto), who died two months before its release; the film is dedicated to his memory.

We’ve added the release date to our streaming calendar. Check out the trailer below.