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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 2 h 4 m

Summary Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defense 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 ...

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

Written By: Hirokazu Koreeda

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 2 h 4 m

The Third Murder

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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Summary Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defense 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 ...

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

Written By: Hirokazu Koreeda

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
72% Positive
13 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
72% Positive
13 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
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.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
80
Kore-Eda, writer, director and editor, an auteur in the full sense of the word, tunes his approach to the genre, but only up to a certain point.
By Dan Fainaru FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 25, 2018
The Third Murder functions well as a topical genre detour for the acclaimed director, but a degree of incongruity between the demands of the procedural formula and Kore-eda’s usual languid pacing keep the film from reaching the upper echelons of his greatest work.
By Bradley Warren FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 2, 2018
Kore-eda is too polished a filmmaker for The Third Murder not to be of interest, but its focus is finally too fuzzy to compel the way the best of the director's work does.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 15, 2018
Where Kore-eda finds his languid but captivating pace is in the constant itch that there are no ways to quite make all of the pieces fit.
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58
A harsh and largely unwelcome change of pace from Japan’s greatest living humanist filmmaker, The Third Murder finds Hirokazu Kore-eda abandoning the warmth of his recent family dramas (“Still Walking,” “After the Storm”) in favor of an ice-cold legal thriller that pedagogically dismantles the death penalty.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
50
Compelling enough while you’re watching it, frustrating then forgettable once it ends, this is a work that wouldn’t command much attention if it came from any other director. Coming from this one, it mostly intrigues as an unexpected if not terribly rewarding change of pace.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
6.8
65% Positive
11 Ratings
35% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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35% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Amuse, Fuji IG Laboratory for Movies (FILM), Fuji Television Network, Gaga
Release Date Jul 20, 2018
Duration 2 h 4 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Website http://www.gaga.co.jp/intls/detail/676/
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Awards

Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 6 Wins & 10 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 5 Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 3 Nominations

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