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.
The 2022–2024 Japan Window
219 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Monster sits at position #51.
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 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Monster premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |