Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is a Cannes Film Festival regular at this point, with five of his last nine features premiering on the Croisette. Moreover, Kore-eda’s film do well at the fest, too: 2013’s “Like Father, Like Son” won the Jury Prize that year, while “Shoplifters” won the coveted Palme d’Or in 2018. Last year’s “Broker” did well, too, winning the Ecumenical Jury Award and Song Kang-ho winning Best Actor.

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“Broker,” Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s latest film, finally hits US theaters on December 26 after vying for the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Now, Deadline reports that the Japanese director has his next project lined up: “Monster,” based on a screenplay by TV writer Yuji Sakamoto.

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It’s worth noting that “Monster” marks the first time Kore-eda adapts someone else’s screenplay for a film since his feature debut, 1995’s “Maborosi.” He wrote the screenplays for each of his other thirteen movies between then and now.

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