The Third Murder
Directed by
Hirokazu Kore-eda
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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.
Cast
- Masaharu Fukuyama
- Koji Yakusho
- Isao Hashizume
- Suzu Hirose
- Izumi Matsuoka
DVD Features
Making-Of Featurette
Messages from the Cast.
Discs: 1
Blu-ray Features
Making-Of Featurette
Messages from the Cast.
Discs: 1
- "CRITIC'S PICK. Insistent, gripping...."
- "Hauntingly beautiful…What’s remarkable about “The Third Murder” is its density (so many provocative themes bubbling beneath a placid surface); intensity (conversations between lawyer and client, on opposite sides of the glass, are truly spellbinding); cast of intriguing characters (the factory owner’s wife and daughter, the lawyer’s own daughter, who shocks him by producing tears of ostensible grief on command); shimmering ambiguity (although the climactic scene, if I read it right, carries intimations of clarity); and formal elegance (the CinemaScope format of Mikiya Takimoto’s cinematography gives those detention-center conversations an expansive gravity)…It’s the work of a contemporary master who arrives at the philosophical by way of the playful, ironic and lyrical. "
- "A crime drama like no other…Does the world need any more reminders that Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of its greatest filmmakers? "
- "Mystery skirts metaphysics and a courtroom turns out to be no place to determine the truth in Kore-eda Hirokazu's mysteriously beautiful The Third Murder. ...Though different in feeling from the Japanese writer-director's perceptive family tales like After the Storm, it has the same clarity of thought and precision of image as his very best work."
- "...a powerful, intricately constructed meditation on the mysteries of the heart, the elusiveness of truth and the injustices of the Japanese justice system, in which the scales are tipped in favor of the prosecution. Koreeda’s film ... is a masterpiece."
- "Sleek and suspenseful, deceptive and profound, The Third Murder is an artful addition to the canon of modern-day crime drama, one whose core mysteries encompass more than just the case at hand."
- "Complex, alluringly elusive...."
- "[An] intricate legal thriller."
- "...The Third Murder merits comparison with the finest films on the subject of justice."
- "A dark, ambiguous courtroom drama...technically splendid…Kore-eda, one of cinema's premier directors, never falters during The Third Murder. "
Awards & Recognition
Nominated
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
Official Selection
Toronto Int'l. Film Festival
Toronto Int'l. Film Festival
Winner
6 Prizes
Japan's Academy Awards
6 Prizes
Japan's Academy Awards
Official Selection
Palm Springs Int'l. Film Festival
Palm Springs Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
Santa Barbara Int'l. Film Festival
Santa Barbara Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
Portland Int'l. Film Festival
Portland Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
San Francisco Int'l. Film Festival
San Francisco Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
Seattle Int'l. Film Festival
Seattle Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
New York Asian Film Festival
New York Asian Film Festival
Official Selection
FilmFest DC
FilmFest DC