where are yall watching this that doesnt require a download?.
Mostly in cinemas – or “movie theatres”, if you’re in the US. It’s directed by Kore-eda, so it should get released pretty much everywhere that’s not overly homophobic or Japanophobic. Though it’s even been licensed for China, which I would have thought was both of those.
i have seen some part of the scripts or novel (?) posted by people on twitter which made me curious is this originally…
It’s an original screenplay by Sakamoto.
There’s a novelisation that was released before the movie, but it’s based on the screenplay and by a different writer. Sakamoto’s screenplay itself was later also published as a book.
I’m so glad everyone gets it now! I saw this back in July and hardly anyone was talking about it and I was so…
Australia and New Zealand have been getting some Japanese and Korean movies very soon after their home countries recently, whereas they take many months to reach other English-speaking regions: this wasn’t out in Northern America till the autumn and won’t be out in the UK and Ireland till the spring (even Southeast Asia might not have got it as soon), which explains why much fewer people would have been writing about it in English back in the summer.
“PERFECT DAYS” also got an award in Cannes, and it has a European director and co-writer with an even longer history of recognition in the West, which should give it more chance considering how many European and how few Asian productions (never more than one) make it into the nominations. Yakusho is also more recognised in the West than anyone in “Monster”, thanks to a few roles in Western productions. And maybe they just liked it that bit more.
is this a BL ? for children?? i asked somewhere what is this movie about and they said it's about two children…
Many of Kore-eda’s movies have pre-teen main characters and low age certificates, but they’re not really for children of the same age; they also have lots of conversations between adults that will likely be boring for such children. You’ll understand if you see some. Except “I Wish”, which is a great film to show to children who only know Japan through anime, manga and video games.
A European film that premiered in Cannes the year before, Lukas Dohnt’s “Close”, had a similar topic, and it was similarly marketed only at adults. It had a surprisingly long cinema run for a non-English-language film where I am, but I don’t know that it was a “succés de scandale” or thought of as BL, just a touchy subject sensitively portrayed. “Monster” likely gets interpreted as BL by those less familiar with the director and writer, even if it does much the same thing and is marketed much the same way, just because it’s East Asian and that’s such a sensation there.
Is this available anywhere legally with english subtitles yet?
It’s played with English subtitles in many festivals (including in Cannes, where it premiered) and is either out in cinemas nationally or will be in a few months in English-speaking countries (try searching for “Kore-eda” + “Monster” + the country or wider region you’re in). It won’t be available for home viewing in Japan till 21 February, and it won’t be out as such in other countries till at least a few months after then.
Those “Cool” and “Nice” sites are NOT legal – and not cool nor nice, neither to content creators nor fansubbers.
And it’s in the current Japanese Film Festival Indonesia, which plays in several cities November–January: http://ja.jpf.go.jp/jff/schedule
According to the first of those links, KlikFilm has the rights for Indonesia, so its social accounts may have news on further screenings of the movie.
When searching, it can help if you put quotation marks around the country name (e.g., “Indonesia”) to get only results including it. That’s how I found out the above.
If you search for the website and social accounts of the licensee for your region, those will have news of when and how the movie will be released there (which might be in cinemas first or direct to streaming).
If you ever can’t find anything for “director + title + country”, you could try “director + title + international sales” and see if there’s an article listing the larger regions the movie has been licensed for.
We can watch it online right now but the quality isn't very good
Whereas cinemas (in countries where it’s released; I’m sure more will be getting it next year, including India) have it in 4K, some with laser projection and Dolby Atmos – I believe this is the first major Japanese live-action feature originally released in cinemas in 4K and actually mixed in Atmos (it’s the first I’ve read about anyway). And there’ll be home releases in good quality in about half year, starting in Japan.
It’s difficult to say if I don’t know what country you’re in. But if you search “Win Wenders Perfect Days” and the country’s name, there might be an article about the movie being licensed there.
It’s coming to UK and Irish cinemas in 2024 from Curzon, who previously licensed “The Handmaiden” and “Parasite” for these countries: https://film.curzon.com/film/sleep/
http://blogs.sydneysbuzz.com/my-15-minutes-with-hirokazu-kore-eda-monster-cannes-2023-and-tiff-2023-688fc35683b7 has a long list of local distributors at the end (but I’d skip the interview before as it’s spoilery). Or try Googling “Kore-eda” + “Monster” + your country’s name or looking up cinema release dates there.
In some countries, it is, or was, on MUBI, as linked to, instead of (or as well as?) in cinemas.
There’s a novelisation that was released before the movie, but it’s based on the screenplay and by a different writer. Sakamoto’s screenplay itself was later also published as a book.
Which Kore-eda is very happy about http://blogs.sydneysbuzz.com/my-15-minutes-with-hirokazu-kore-eda-monster-cannes-2023-and-tiff-2023-688fc35683b7 though the studios behind “Monster” would understandably prefer that his was in the running.
“PERFECT DAYS” also got an award in Cannes, and it has a European director and co-writer with an even longer history of recognition in the West, which should give it more chance considering how many European and how few Asian productions (never more than one) make it into the nominations. Yakusho is also more recognised in the West than anyone in “Monster”, thanks to a few roles in Western productions. And maybe they just liked it that bit more.
A European film that premiered in Cannes the year before, Lukas Dohnt’s “Close”, had a similar topic, and it was similarly marketed only at adults. It had a surprisingly long cinema run for a non-English-language film where I am, but I don’t know that it was a “succés de scandale” or thought of as BL, just a touchy subject sensitively portrayed. “Monster” likely gets interpreted as BL by those less familiar with the director and writer, even if it does much the same thing and is marketed much the same way, just because it’s East Asian and that’s such a sensation there.
Those “Cool” and “Nice” sites are NOT legal – and not cool nor nice, neither to content creators nor fansubbers.
And it’s in the current Japanese Film Festival Indonesia, which plays in several cities November–January: http://ja.jpf.go.jp/jff/schedule
According to the first of those links, KlikFilm has the rights for Indonesia, so its social accounts may have news on further screenings of the movie.
When searching, it can help if you put quotation marks around the country name (e.g., “Indonesia”) to get only results including it. That’s how I found out the above.
http://variety.com/2023/film/global/wim-wenders-perfect-days-cannes-2-1235628997
http://deadline.com/2023/05/wim-wenders-perfect-days-the-match-factory-1235383370
If you search for the website and social accounts of the licensee for your region, those will have news of when and how the movie will be released there (which might be in cinemas first or direct to streaming).
If you ever can’t find anything for “director + title + country”, you could try “director + title + international sales” and see if there’s an article listing the larger regions the movie has been licensed for.
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-19541975
ARROW has some other get kaiju movies, though not all kid-friendly:
https://www.arrow-player.com/browse
Magnet Releasing has got it for the US (and Canada?): https://www.magnetreleasing.com/sleep/
There are no dates in either region yet, but keep checking or follow their newsletter or social accounts for updates.