The Third Murder (2017)

THE THIRD MURDER  (2017)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Hirokazu Koreeda 
    Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Mikako Ishikawa,
    Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Izumi Matsuoka, Suzu Hirose
A legal thriller that starting out would seem to be not much of a mystery. A factory worker has confessed to the murder of his boss, and the only real question for his legal team is whether they can keep him off death row. The case gets to be way more complicated than that, filled with unreliable witnesses telling contradictory stories, and incidents and images that merge, reflect and play off each other. How much of the truth can be known, and how much does it matter in a court of law? Are our lives predetermined before they even begin? Does anybody, even a murderer, deserve to have his life taken away? Koreeda gives you plenty to think about. After watching this, I'm still not sure what the third murder in the title refers to, but I've got an idea. See if you can figure that out.