“Rashomon” is the most famous film to tell the same story from multiple perspectives. Though “Monster” is closer in its cynicism and absence of a conclusive answer to the source short stories “Rashômon” and “In a Grove” by Akutagawa Ryûnosuke.

Another in the recent wave of mainland Chinese movies that get away with art under the cover of a crime thriller.

'HOUSE', 'HANAGATAMI' and 'Labyrinth of Cinema' are the only three features directed by Obayashi that are currently legally available with English subtitles in the West.