{"id":14289,"date":"2023-01-05T14:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=14289"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:37:03","slug":"composer-ryuichi-sakamoto-to-score-hirokazu-kore-edas-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=14289","title":{"rendered":"Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to Score Hirokazu Kore-eda&#8217;s &#8216;Monster&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<pre>Photo by Kazunali Tajima - \u00a9\u00a02014 Kab America Inc<\/pre>\r\n<p>The celebrated Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto will be providing the music for director Hirokazu Kore-eda\u2019s forthcoming feature <em><strong>Monster<\/strong> <\/em>(<em>Kaibutsu<\/em>). The announcement was made on Thursday by Gaga Corporation, the Tokyo-based entity that is producing the film.<br \/><br \/>The 70-year-old Sakamoto, who won as Oscar for his scoring of Bernardo Bertolucci\u2019s 1987 epic <em><strong>The Last Emperor<\/strong><\/em>, will be supplying new music as well as providing some of his existing work. The prolific composer made his film debut in 1983 for Nagisa Oshima\u2019s 1983 film <em><strong>Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence<\/strong><\/em>, starring David Bowie. He also won a Golden Globe nomination for his work on Alejandro G.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/world-clinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/celexa.html\">celexa<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> I\u00f1\u00e1rritu\u2019s 2015 film <em><strong>The Revenant<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/>As a founder of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered electronic music in his native Japan. He first came to prominence with the 1978 release of the experimental electronic fusion album Thousand Knives.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/world-clinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/minocin.html\">minocin<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> In 1980, his track \u201cRiot in Lagos\u201d was considered a significant work in the development of electro and hip-hop music.<br \/><strong>Monster<\/strong> will be Kore-eda\u2019s first Japanese film since <em><strong>Shoplifters<\/strong><\/em>, which won the Cannes Palme d\u2019Or in 2018. He most recently directed <em><strong>The Truth<\/strong><\/em>, a French film, and <em><strong>Broker<\/strong><\/em>, a Korean one.<br \/><br \/>Gaga also revealed that Sakura Ando, of <em><strong>Shoplifters<\/strong> <\/em>fame, will be heading the all-star cast, accompanied by Nagayama Eita (<em><strong>Hokusai<\/strong><\/em>), Mitsuki Takahata (<em><strong>Japanese Girls Never Die<\/strong><\/em>), Akihiro Kakuta (<em><strong>Spring Has Come<\/strong><\/em>), Shido Nakamura (<em><strong>Twisted Justice<\/strong><\/em>), Yuko Tanaka (<em><strong>Midnight Diner<\/strong><\/em>) and the two child actors Soya Kurokawa and Hinata Hiiragi.<br \/><br \/><em><strong>Monster<\/strong><\/em>, currently in postproduction, will debut in Japan on June 2 of this year. It is likely that the film will have its world premiere at Cannes in May.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/fitness-healthy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/symbicort-inhaler.html\">symbicort inhaler<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> The film\u2019s script was penned by Yuji Sakamoto, who has written several hit television series in Japan, including <em>Mother, Woman<\/em> and <em>Matrimonial Chaos<\/em>. The lead producer of <em><strong>Monster<\/strong> <\/em>is Genki Kawamura, the director of <em><strong>A Hundred Flowers<\/strong><\/em>, which won him the best director laurels at the San Sebasti\u00e1n festival.<\/p>\r\n<p>Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles<br \/>. <br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Kazunali Tajima &#8211; \u00a9\u00a02014 Kab America Inc The celebrated Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto will be providing the music for director Hirokazu Kore-eda\u2019s forthcoming feature Monster (Kaibutsu). The announcement was made on Thursday by Gaga Corporation, the Tokyo-based entity that is producing the film. 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