Lumberjack the Monster
2023 · Movie · R · 119 min · ★ 6.4
After surviving a brutal assault by a masked attacker, a man becomes consumed by tracking down who did it and taking revenge. As the search deepens, the case pulls him into a cold, unsettling world of violence, shifting motives, and unsettling questions about what makes someone human.
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Details
- Original title
- 怪物の木こり
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-12-01
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (51 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, twisty crime thriller that mixes mystery with unsettling violence and moral gray areas, in the vein of Ichi the Killer or The Blood of Wolves; Not for you if you dislike meandering stories or heavy brutality.
Pros: gripping psychological mystery; disturbing violent moments; strong eerie atmosphere | Cons: too many plot threads; uneven pacing; underdeveloped side characters
Themes
- based on novel or book
- psychopath
- revenge
- serial killer
- lawyer
- suspense
- masked killer
- thriller
- crime
Cast & crew
Kazuya Kamenashi
as Akira Ninomiya
Nanao
as Arashiko Toshiro
Riho Yoshioka
as Emi Kagemi
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
as Noboru Inui
Shota Sometani
as Kuro Sugitani
Shido Nakamura
as Takeshi Kenmochi
Reon Yuzuki
Minosuke
Keisuke Horibe
as Hirose
Masayuki Deai
Directed by Takashi Miike