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Lesson in Murder

Lesson in Murder

20227.52h 8m

Overview

Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.

Directed by Kazuya Shiraishi
Written by Riu Kushiki, Ryo Takada
Produced by Takuro Nagai, Kazumi Fukase, Shintaro Hori
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Top Cast

Sadao Abe

Sadao Abe

Yamato Haimura

Koshi Mizukami

Koshi Mizukami

Masaya Kakei

Takanori Iwata

Takanori Iwata

Kazuki Kanayama

Miho Nakayama

Miho Nakayama

Ms. Kakei

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Shimako Iwai

Woman in Red Jacket

Yu Miyazaki

Yu Miyazaki

Akari Kano

Hiroto Oshita

Hiroto Oshita

Kurata

Takuma Otoo

Takuma Otoo

Takiuchi

Ryo Sato

Ryo Sato

Kaoru Nezu

Takuji Suzuki

Takuji Suzuki

Kazuo Kakei

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookserial killerinterrogationincidentsuspensecrime suspensemystery

About Lesson in Murder

Lesson in Murder is a mystery, drama, crime film released in 2022 exploring themes of based on novel or book, serial killer, interrogation, incident, suspense, crime suspense. Directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, it stars Sadao Abe, Koshi Mizukami, Takanori Iwata. Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.

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