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Memoirs of a Murderer

Memoirs of a Murderer

20176.81h 58m

Overview

The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.

Directed by Yū Irie
Written by Kenya Hirata, Yū Irie, Jung Byung-gil
Produced by Naoaki Kitajima, Masaki Koide
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Top Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Masato Sonezaki

Hideaki Ito

Hideaki Ito

Wataru Makimura

Kaho

Kaho

Miharu Kishi

Shuhei Nomura

Shuhei Nomura

Takumi Onodera

Anna Ishibashi

Anna Ishibashi

Rika Makimura

Ryo Ryusei

Ryo Ryusei

Shinji Kasukabe

Taichi Saotome

Taichi Saotome

Jo Toda

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Yukihiro Taki

Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Akihiro Yamagata

Koichi Iwaki

Koichi Iwaki

Daisuke Tachibana

Themes & Keywords

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About Memoirs of a Murderer

Memoirs of a Murderer is a thriller, drama, mystery film released in 2017 exploring themes of detective, investigation, remake, murder, serial killer, reporter. Directed by Yū Irie, it stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hideaki Ito, Kaho. The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.

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