Compilation/Packaged Set: The Third Murder

The Third Murder
Fuji Television Network (2017)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In Collection
#1469
6*
Seen ItYes
(12/17/2018 Home)
859686006765
IMDB   6.7
124 mins Japan / Japanese
DVD  Region 1
Koji Yakusho Masumi
Isao Hashizume Akihisa Shigemori
Mikako Ichikawa Shinohara
Yuki Saito Sakie's mother
Masaharu Fukuyama Tomoaki Shigemori
Kôtarô Yoshida Daisuke Settsu
Shinnosuke Mitsushima Kawashima
Suzu Hirose Sakie Yamanaka
Izumi Matsuoka Akiko Hattori
Masaharu Fukuyama Shigemori
Koji Yakusho Misumi
Shinnosuke Mitsushima Kawashima Akira
Mikako Ichikawa Sasabara Itsuki
Izumi Matsuoka Hattori Akiko
Isao Hashizume Shigemori Akihisa
Suzu Hirose Sakie
Hajime Inoue Ono Minoru
Aju Makita Shigemori Yuka
Ichiro Ogura
Yuki Saitô Yamanaka Mitsue
Tôru Shinagawa Watanabe
Kôtarô Yoshida Settsu Daisuke
Director/Choreographer
Hirokazu Koreeda
Kore-eda Hirokazu
Producer Kaoru Matsuzaki
Hijiri Taguchi
Chiaki Harada
Writer/Composer Hirokazu Koreeda
Kore-eda Hirokazu
Cinematography Mikiya Takimoto
Music Ludovico Einaudi


Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.
Edition Details
Distributor FilmMovement
Release Date 11/13/2018
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 10/22/2018
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Condition New
Links The Third Murder at Core for Movies
TheMovieDb.org
IMDB

Notes
This film follows a typical plot. While it engaged me, and was pretty well done, in the end was not satisfying. If you like a mystery in which there are several possible interpredations, this film may be satisfying.