If you loved Death Note, try Memoirs of a Murderer

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Memoirs of a Murderer has roughly 9.8× fewer votes than Death Note — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Death Note

2006 · dir. Shusuke Kaneko

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Memoirs of a Murderer

2017 · dir. Yū Irie

What they share

Theyboth carry the paranoid, raw mood tags, and they sit in Mystery / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Death Note, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Memoirs of a Murderer is

Rainy Tokyo streets 1995 a payphone rings A serial killer strangulates victims with a rope This thriller is a product of Japan's 2010s genre output.

If you loved Death Note, try Memoirs of a Murderer

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Memoirs of a Murderer

What they share

What Memoirs of a Murderer is

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