Lumberjack the Monster

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2023,

1h 59m,

Crime/

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

Oct 31, 2023

Ultimately, it’s a bit of a mess, but it has luridly entertaining moments nonetheless.

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

Psychocinematography

Dec 29, 2025

Lumberjack The Monster is a great example of a filmic experience that is helmed by a director that is uninvested in the narrative material of the story and, consequently, merely does his bare minimum.

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

Jun 13, 2024

2.5/4

The auteur of J-horror [Miike] gets back to his gory roots.

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Fred Barrett

In Review Online

Jun 12, 2024

Contrasted with his best work, Miike's latest horror turn barely scrapes any interesting ideas.

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Steve Erickson

Arts Fuse

Jun 12, 2024

The problem is that by halfheartedly trying to take an ‘explanatory’ route, Lumberjack the Monster turns its back on serving up perverse, gory genre fare.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Jun 9, 2024

6.5

Although quite well done, there is nothing truly original here, resulting in too much of ‘seen this done that' throughout the movie

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Takashi Miike

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Kazuya Kamenashi

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Nanao

Actor

Riho Yoshioka

Actor

Shôta Sometani

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Shido Nakamura

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Director: Takashi Miike
Producer: Misako Saka
Screenwriter: Hiroyoshi Koiwai
Production Co: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 59m

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