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The Third Murder (2017) — Stream on MUBI · CriticCrunch

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The Third Murder

Movie2017·125 min

The Third Murder

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Drama Mystery Crime

A drama mystery film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 58%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.6/10

291 ratings

About The Third Murder

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Mind-bending (9 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Unsettling
Story Tags: fate destiny, corruption power, faith existentialism, legal, japan, workplace, colleagues, strangers forced together, detective investigator, everyman, trial courtroom, mystery disappearance, slow burn reveal, corruption

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Details

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Language: Japanese

Cast

Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose

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How The Third Murder Ranks

All movies

Top 58%

2010s movies

Top 51%

Drama movies

Top 60%

Hirokazu Kore-eda films#13 of 14

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the vibe

The Third Murder Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintensemind-bendingseriouspersonalhauntingcontemplativeunsettling

What it's about

trial courtroommystery disappearanceslow-burn revealfate destinycorruption powerfaith existentialismdetective investigatoreverymancolleaguesstrangers forced togetherlegalcorruptionjapanworkplace

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

mind-bending 9/9complex 9/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

contemplativequiet