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Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
2017, Japan, 124 min
Japanese with English subtitles
Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda (After the Storm, Our Little Sister) recently won Cannes highest honor, the Palme d’Or for his new feature Shoplift but prior to that he created this beautiful Rashomon like film about a man accused of murder. The Third Murder is a powerfully moving story of a man struggling to find the truth while questioning his own faith in the law. Leading attorney Shigemori (Masaharu Fukuyama, star of Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son) takes on the defence of murder/robbery suspect Misumi who had served time in jail for another murder 30 years ago. Shigemori’s chances of winning the case seem low – his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim’s family and Misumi himself, and the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer after all.
*Winner of 6 Japanese Academy Awards!
