The Third Murder

October, late afternoon. A single fluorescent tube flickers above a lawyer’s desk. The lawyer hears the suspect calmly insist the murder never happened, yet every alibi dissolves under scrutiny. A triple mirror of shifting stories no director since Rohmer has dared to hang unanswered.

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Hirokazu Kore-eda directed The Third Murder in 2017. See Hirokazu Kore-eda's full filmography, where to start with Hirokazu Kore-eda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

The Third Murder was released in 2017 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.