Legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto He has signed on to write the music for the upcoming feature film by Palme d'Or winner Hirokazu Kureda. monster (Kaibutsu), Tokyo-based production company Gaga Corporation revealed Thursday.
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Producers say Sakamoto will provide newly written compositions as well as some pre-existing music for the film. An avid musician, Sakamoto made his film debut by recording music by Nagisa Oshima Merry Christmas, sir. Lawrence (1983) starring David Bowie. He later won an Academy Award with his music for Bernardo Bertolucci The last emperor (1987) and a Golden Globe nomination for his compositions for Alejandro G. yield (2015). The partnership with Kore-eda marks his first work on a high-profile Japanese title in some time.
monster It is also Kore-eda's first Japanese film since winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2018. thieves. Follows the French film by the director the truthwhich opened the Venice Film Festival in 2019, and its Korean title mediatorreleased earlier this year.
Story details for monster It's being kept under wraps, but Gaga revealed Thursday that Sakura Ando, the breakout star thievesHe will lead the cast of the new movie. Rounding out the cast is Nagayama Eita (Hokusai), Mitsuki Takahata (Japanese girls never die), Akihiro Kakuta (Spring has come), Shido Nakamura (Twisted justice), Yoko Tanaka (Midnight Restaurant), and child actors Soya Kurokawa and Hinata Hiiragi.
Currently in post production, monster It will be released in Japan on June 2. The release date pinpoints the film for a possible world premiere in May in Cannes, where Kore-eda is a regular.
monster It will be the second film directed by Kore-eda that he then did not write himself Maborosiwhich premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1995. The new film is written by Yuji Sakamoto, writer of such successful Japanese TV series the motherAnd Women And marital disorder. Prolific writer-director Genki Kawamura, whose directorial effort hundred flowers He recently won Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival, and is the main producer of monster.
This article originally appeared in THR.com.
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