The movie 'Monster' Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Screenplay: Yuji Sakamoto Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto

"A film that views the same events from different people's perspectives."

In the first half of the movie, it appears as though "Is the teacher bullying Minato?" However, the story actually depicts the same events from multiple viewpoints, and the way things look changes constantly.

It begins from the perspective of Minato's mother, progressing like a mystery as she wonders, "Is something strange happening at school?!" But halfway through, the teacher's perspective, and then Minato and Yori's perspectives are shown, and what the audience thought was the "monster" keeps shifting.

Yori was being treated terribly by his father and was made to believe things like "I'm not normal" and "I have to be reborn."

Minato was also suffering, unable to explain his feelings well.

The two of them felt that only when they were together could they think, "It's okay to be who I am." That's why they go to a place with an abandoned car that serves as their secret base, and talk about things like "What happens when you're reborn?"

In the final stages, heavy rain and landslides occur.

The final scene of them running through a bright meadow is interpreted as the two of them becoming free and being able to live as their true selves.