Japan Synopsis
怪物
“Are they the ones we dream of, or the ones we fail to see among us?”
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Monster. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2022–2024 Japan Window
Monster holds position #51 of 219 Japan films in the 2022–2024 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Monster premiered alongside 86 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 86 other Japan films in 2023.
The 4556th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
16 audience reviews — more than 28% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity (56th percentile) outruns review volume (28th) — a trending, discussed title among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Monster, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- multiple perspectives · 2
- kids · 1
- lgbt child · 1
- bullying · 27
- mother son relationship · 21
- teacher student relationship · 13
- school · 82
- coming of age · 78
- lgbt · 73
- boys' love (bl) · 69
- gay theme · 67
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #741 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (84th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #310 of 1,933 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Fuji Television Network, AOI Pro., BUN-BUKU, GAGA Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | June 2, 2023 |
| IMDb | tt23736044 |