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Japanese | Kaibutsu no kikori |
Directed by | Takashi Miike [1] |
Screenplay by | Hiroyoshi Koiwai [2] |
Based on | Lumberjack the Monster by Mayusuke Kurai |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Nobuyasu Kita |
Edited by | Naoichiro Sagara |
Music by | Koji Endo |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Lumberjack the Monster (怪物の木こり, Kaibutsu no kikori) is a 2023 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike based on the 2019 Mayusuke Kurai novel of the same name. [1] The film stars Kazuya Kamenashi as a lawyer seeking violent revenge on a masked serial killer. [3]
The police investigate a series of murders and discover a connection to a group of children abducted and implanted with neurochips 31 years earlier.
Lumberjack the Monster first screened on October 13, 2023, in the Òrbita section of the Sitges Film Festival. [2] The film debuted in Japan on October 26, 2023, at the Tokyo International Film Festival, followed by a wide release on December 1, 2023. [1] [4] [3] The film screened in North America on May 6, 2024, in conjunction with the Tribeca Festival Escape from Tribeca program ahead of a Netflix release on June 1, 2024. [5] [6]
Lumberjack the Monster | |
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Japanese | Kaibutsu no kikori |
Directed by | Takashi Miike [1] |
Screenplay by | Hiroyoshi Koiwai [2] |
Based on | Lumberjack the Monster by Mayusuke Kurai |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Nobuyasu Kita |
Edited by | Naoichiro Sagara |
Music by | Koji Endo |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 118 minutes |
Lumberjack the Monster (怪物の木こり, Kaibutsu no kikori) is a 2023 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike based on the 2019 Mayusuke Kurai novel of the same name. [1] The film stars Kazuya Kamenashi as a lawyer seeking violent revenge on a masked serial killer. [3]
The police investigate a series of murders and discover a connection to a group of children abducted and implanted with neurochips 31 years earlier.
Lumberjack the Monster first screened on October 13, 2023, in the Òrbita section of the Sitges Film Festival. [2] The film debuted in Japan on October 26, 2023, at the Tokyo International Film Festival, followed by a wide release on December 1, 2023. [1] [4] [3] The film screened in North America on May 6, 2024, in conjunction with the Tribeca Festival Escape from Tribeca program ahead of a Netflix release on June 1, 2024. [5] [6]