Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder

Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defence of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time 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, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer after all.

DIRECTED BY HIROKAZU KORE-EDA
JAPAN | 2017 | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Third Murder
  • The Third Murder

    When high-powered attorney Shigemori (Masaharu Fukuyama) takes on the defense of murder-robbery suspect Misumi (Kōji Yakusho), he does so with reluctance, knowing that the man already provided a full confession and had been previously convicted of murder thirty years earlier. But as he digs deepe...