Monsterz

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Movie: Monsterz
Romaji: Monsutazu
Japanese: モンスターズ
Director: Hideo Nakata
Writer: Kim Min-Suk, Yusuke Watanabe
Producer: Tomoko Jo, Takero Hisamatsu, Yoshitaka Hori, Hiroyasu Asami, Atsuyuki Shimoda, Seiji Okuda
Cinematographer: Junichiro Hayashi
World Premiere:' March 6, 2014 (Deauville Asian Film Festival)
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Runtime: 112 min.
Distributor: Warner Bros. Japan
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

A man (Tatsuya Fujiwara) possesses a special ability to manipulate others with just his eyes. Because of this special ability, he killed his abusive father and was abandoned by his mother. He now lives a lonely life in the dark side of a city.

Meanwhile, Shuichi Tanaka (Takayuki Yamada) doesn't have a family and lives with his friends. Even though he is poor, he has a bright outlook on life.

One day, these two men meet. The man becomes confused, because he can't manipulate Shuichi with his eyes.

Notes

Filming begins in July, 2013.
Remake of 2010 South Korean film "Haunters" starring Gang Dong-Won & Ko Soo.
Related titles:
1. Haunters | Choneung Ryukja (2010)

Cast



Tatsuya Fujiwara	Takayuki Yamada	Satomi Ishihara	Tomorowo Taguchi	Motoki Ochiai
Man	Shuichi Tanaka	Kanae Kumoi	Shigeru Kumoi	Jun



Taiga Nakano	Masaki Miura	Mina Fujii	Yutaka Matsushige	Tae Kimura
Akira	father of Man	Nana Oshikiri	Takao Shibamoto	mother of Man

Additional Cast Members:

Yoshiyuki Morishita - man forced in bank robbery
Yusuke Hirayama - half-naked macho guy
Emiko Matsuoka - Aka-chan's mother
Shion Sato - Man (childhood)
Ryunosuke Hashino - Shuichi Tanaka (child)
Miki Yokota
Yuuki Okita
Shohei Abe
Arisa Takarada

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Film Festivals

2014 (16th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 5-9, 2014 - Out Of Competition *World Premiere
2014 (13th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 27-July 14, 2014 *North American Premiere
2014 (18th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 17-August 7, 2014 *Canadian Premiere
2015 (33rd) Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - April 7-19, 2015 - Out of Competition *Belgian Premiere

Comments

2hot2go Mar 25 2023 1:47 am Nice ... i see tatsuya fujiwara, i watch it is that simple. Good acting and I live grim, bloody, dark, no mercy kind of genre so this is good and with good actor lead makes it even better. I hate girly shit or non-dark so the korean version acting like wood don't even bother to watch it eventhough it is original.

Back to the movie, should have explain a little how the 2 meet instead of jumping straight to "cant control him". Put in some back story or plot where needed and not unnecessaryly like some shit show squid game or overly used like Alice borderland. all shows need the "now" to be the focus not past story or grandfather shit long history.

Lia00027 Jul 13 2016 11:53 am As always Tatsuya Fujiwara delivered wonderful acting as the dark character but a pitiful one, audiences seldom to sympathize with his kind of merciless and cruel character but he could showed the sorroful side of his character dark side which is amazing. I felt attracted to his acting when he was acting on "death note" and always sympathize with his character, indeed he is one of the best actor in Japan. Takayuki Yamada's acting was overshadow by Fujiwara's performance but his acting is not bad but didn't give much impression as usual. While Ishihara Satomi's acting is never change to explain more it's hard to differentiate her character from another dramas or movies since her acting feels similar. Fuji Mina's character is rather annoying and useless, she is very lacking on acting.

Overall the plot is ok but a bit slow and i don't intend the korean version even thought its the original one since Japanese usually make better and deeper plot for a remake like "maou/the devil" well except " a moment to remember".

hdhgwd Jun 09 2016 7:56 am bad. i dont like it.

Naoki993 Nov 29 2014 2:30 am This was better than the original Korean one.Korean original doesn't seem too serious with the plot which it needed to take more seriously,but i'm glad to know a horror director Nakata Hideo made it more seriously which i was hoping the plot should 've been like this in the original korean version.So Nakata did improved quite pieces from the korean version,though it was not the best but still a good remake which i would recommend everyone to see it.Fujiwara sama and Yamada sama still give their best :)

fifi Aug 26 2014 12:32 am Ooh omoshiroi! I always see Korean remakes of Japanese movies or dramas. Oh well, this time it's the other way around. Of course I'll check it out! It's Fujiwara-sama! :D

Qeyzn Jul 24 2014 1:18 am Wow, another remake from k-movie? Can't wait. Hope it's gonna be as good as the korean version.

Shawn Jun 29 2014 11:45 pm Damn they made this look more hollywood style. The korean version was much simpler. I hope this is good.

ran Dec 19 2013 7:36 am i hope tatsuya fujiwara could portray the man with special power very well, since Gang Dong Won already made a very good job for it... well, no one can beat GDW tho (IMO) hehe...

ok Sep 18 2013 11:57 pm Satomi and Yamada are gonna be in here together...again! I loved them in 2005's sport drama H2-Kimi to Itahibi. They were so cute and young back then.

kaka Sep 18 2013 11:54 pm A remake of Haunters? Interesting. I like the Korean one, I wonder how this new one is gonna end.

clear Jul 14 2013 2:51 pm This is one I look forward to. :)

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