Hirokazu Kore-eda's Latest Feature Screened at the Cannes International Film Festival

Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest feature Kaibutsu (Monster), co-financed and produced by AOI Pro., was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival 2023.

Kaibutsu received a 9.5-minute standing ovation.

The film was the first time director Hirokazu Kore-eda and scriptwriter Yuji Sakamoto teamed up, with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

This was the second consecutive year and the seventh time that a film directed by Kore-eda was selected in Competition at the Cannes International Film Festival, following last year's selection of the Korean film Broker (distributed by GAGA, Fuji Television Network, and AOI Pro. in Japan.) 

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