Lumberjack the Monster explained

Native Name:
Director:	Takashi Miike^[1]
Screenplay:	Hiroyoshi Koiwai^[2]
Cinematography:	Nobuyasu Kita
Editing:	Naoichiro Sagara
Music:	Koji Endo
Production Companies:	-->
Distributor:	Warner Bros. Pictures
Runtime:	118 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 2023 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike based on the 2019 Mayusuke Kurai novel of the same name.^[1] The film stars Kazuya Kamenashi as a lawyer seeking violent revenge on a masked serial killer.

Plot

The police investigate a series of murders and discover a connection to a group of children abducted and implanted with neurochips 31 years earlier.

Cast

• Kazuya Kamenashi as Akira Ninomiya
• Nanao as forensic profiler Ranko Toshiro
• Kiyohiko Shibukawa as a detective who works with Ranko
• Shido Nakamura as a murder suspect
• Riho Yoshioka as Akira's fiancée
• Shota Sometani as Sugitani, a doctor who is allied with Akira

Release

Lumberjack the Monster first screened on October 13, 2023, in the Òrbita section of the Sitges Film Festival. The film debuted in Japan on October 26, 2023, at the Tokyo International Film Festival, followed by a wide release on December 1, 2023.^{[1] [3] [4]} The film screened in North America on May 6, 2024, in conjunction with the Tribeca Festival Escape from Tribeca program ahead of a Netflix release on June 1, 2024.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ide . Wendy . 'Lumberjack The Monster': Tokyo Review . Screen Daily . 31 May 2024.
2. Web site: Lumberjack The Monster . Sitges Film Festival . 31 May 2024.
3. News: Ntim . Zac . Tokyo Film Festival Sets 2023 Lineup Including 20 World Premieres And New Wim Wenders Short . 31 May 2024 . Deadline.
4. News: Hadfield . James . 'Lumberjack the Monster' will talk you to death . 31 May 2024 . The Japan Times.
5. Web site: Lumberjack the Monster . Japan Society . 31 May 2024.
6. Web site: Navarro . Megan . 'Lumberjack the Monster' – Takashi Miike's Serial Killer vs Psychopath Thriller Heads to Netflix This Summer . Bloody Disgusting . 11 April 2024 . 31 May 2024.