
Memoirs of a Murderer
Seen it?2017 | 118 min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Evil Under the Sun or Murder on the Orient Express, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 58 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$20 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 9K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Yu Irie
- Tatsuya FujiwaraMasato Sonezaki
- Hideaki ItoWataru Makimura
- KahoMiharu Kishi
- Shuhei NomuraTakumi Onodera
- Anna IshibashiRika Makimura
- Ryo RyuseiShinji Kasukabe
- Taichi SaotomeJo Toda
- Mitsuru HirataYukihiro Taki
- Ryo IwamatsuAkihiro Yamagata
- Koichi IwakiDaisuke Tachibana