Sakura Ando

Monster, the latest film by director Hirokazu Kore-eda, feels just as real and emotionally intimate as his past works such Shoplifters.

Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded at the internationally recognized Cannes Film Festival, last year. Through this film, Kore-eda continues to explore the theme …