2017 · drama · mystery · crime
The Third Murder
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda2h 5m2017
A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
Our read: The Third Murder (2017) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama · mystery · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / mystery, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- bleak
- signature
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