Memoirs of a Murderer

Original title: 22-nenme no kokuhaku: Watashi ga satsujinhan desu

2017
1h 58m

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A television reporter and a detective try to track down a serial killer known as the Tokyo Strangler.A television reporter and a detective try to track down a serial killer known as the Tokyo Strangler.A television reporter and a detective try to track down a serial killer known as the Tokyo Strangler.

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6.8/10

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- 2 nominations total

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9/10

circumventing the law

The film is very wonderful and it mainly discusses the circumvention of the law and the exploitation of the loophole of the statute of limitations for charges, even if it is a murder.

It also discusses the thorny relationship between law, ethics, and the media, and how the latter affects the collective consciousness of people, when the press presented the killer as if he was a movie star who was fascinated by the general public and loved him instead of hating him & demand that he be tried for his crimes .

The film may be slow in some places, but it shines again. The hero, Fujiwara Tatsuya, was brilliant in the character of the killer. The direction and music were very good. Overall, the film is a unique experience.

tasnimmosa
May 14, 2023
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Toshio Sendô: The statute of limitations ran out on the Tokyo Strangler murders. Finding the killer won't get back lives or lost time. But it's our duty to cast light into the darkness.

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The Warner Bros, Nippon Television Network Corporation and Robot Communications logos are accompanied by radio transmissions of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, from the year the Tokyo Strangler committed his killings.