'Monster' Director Hirokazu Koreeda "I was looking for a monster without realizing it, a thrilling plot"

Director Hirokazu Koreeda introduced his new film ‘Monster’.

On the afternoon of the 22nd, a press preview of the movie 'The Host' (directed by Hirokazu Koreeda) and a video press conference held by director Hirokazu Koreeda were held at CGV I'Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

Director Hirokazu Koreeda, who met with reporters via video link that day, said, “Through this film, I don’t ask the audience to look at it in a certain way.” He continued, "Yuji Sakamoto wrote the plot that forms the basis of this movie. At that time, in the process of reading the plot, I had the thought that I had no idea what was going on. I started to find out who was evil without realizing it, and was looking for a monster. "he said.

At the same time, he said, "It was in the second half of the article that I realized that I also didn't know the truth at all. I thought it was a really thrilling plot," he said. "It's a plot I could never write. The tension and monster that I felt when I first saw this work." “I wanted the audience to feel the process of finding out who this person is and who the arrow will be directed at.”

'The Host', which won the Best Screenplay award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of a mother who senses something strange about her son's behavior that has changed significantly and visits the school, where everyone around him who is involved in a mysterious incident goes through a whirlwind of emotions. am. It will be released on the 29th.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr