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The Third Murder

Sando-me no satsujin (The Third Murder)

2017

Hirokazu Koreeda

Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Kôtarô Yoshida ...

6.3

2,698

Thriller. Drama Mikuma has a criminal record dating back many years and is now under the spotlight again. It looks like and open and shut case for Mikuma has confessed to the new charge. Enter prominent lawyer Shigemori who harbours other ideas, which could mean the difference between life and death.

	Media	Author	Review
		Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A complex and engrossing examination of truth (...) Mysteriously beautiful (...) It has the same clarity of thought and precision of image as his very best work."
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"Kore-eda leaves 'whodunit' (let alone why) unanswered here (...) Compelling enough while you’re watching it, frustrating then forgettable once it ends"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"It’s a good film that falls short of the masterful director’s best work (...) There’s still enough moral complexity at play to keep the film interesting, but this is minor Kore-eda."
		Dan Fainaru Screendaily	"[It] may take his followers by surprise but should ultimately satisfy most, once they realise they are in for a new type of experience (...) Impeccable cinematography achieves some remarkably sophisticated imagery"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A harsh and largely unwelcome change of pace from Hirokazu Kore-eda (...) 'The Third Murder' poses a battery of intriguing rhetorical questions"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A captivating and unknowable puzzle (...) It’s a complex courtroom drama (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Bilge Ebiri Village Voice	"Patient, observant, humanist (...) [Kore-eda] is, today, an even greater artist"

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