Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
Grade: B
Format: Film
Genre: Drama; Thriller; Crime; Horror
Studio: OLM
Source: novel
Netflix Global Top 10: Did not reach Global Top 10
A remorseless, self-proclaimed psychopath lawyer barely survives an attack by an ax-wielding masked serial killer --- and rather than play victim, he flips the dynamic and obsessively hunts the killer himself, triggering a cat-and-mouse game between two monsters. The tone is dark, bloody, and stylishly pulpy with black comedy undertones, signature Takashi Miike. The core conflict pits two kinds of monstrosity against each other while exploring whether a man surgically stripped of empathy can learn to feel again, threading in a sci-fi subplot about neurochip experimentation and the ethics of en
Cast
- Kazuya Kamenashi
- Nanao
- Riho Yoshioka
- Reon Yuzuki
- Minosuke