Memoirs of a Murderer (film)

Not to be confused with Memoir of a Murderer.

Memoirs of a Murderer (22年目の告白－私が殺人犯です－, 22 nenme no Kokuhaku: Watashi ga Satsujinhan desu), also known as Confession of Murder,^[2] is a 2017 Japanese detective thriller film that is a remake of the 2012 South Korean film Confession of Murder. The film was directed by Yū Irie and stars Tatsuya Fujiwara as Sonezaki and Hideaki Itō as Ko Makimura.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Memoirs of a Murderer
Film poster
Kanji	22年目の告白－私が殺人犯です－
Directed by	Yū Irie
Written by	Byung-gil Jung Kenya Hirata Jung Byung-gil
Screenplay by	Yū Irie Tetsuya Oishi
Produced by	Naoaki Kitajima Masaki Koide
Starring	Tatsuya Fujiwara Hideaki Itō
Cinematography	Takahiro Imai
Edited by	Emi Tsujita
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Production companies	Nippon TV Robot Communications Warner Bros. Pictures Japan WOWOW Horipro Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Dentsu KDDI Corporation East Japan Marketing & Communications D.N. Dream Partners Kodansha A-Team Inc. GyaO Sapporo Television Broadcasting Miyagi Television Broadcasting Shizuoka Daiichi Television Chūkyō Television Broadcasting Hiroshima Telecasting Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation [1]
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures Japan
Release date	June 10, 2017 (2017-06-10) (Japan)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$20.21 million[2]

Plot

In 1995, five mysterious murders took place. In 2017, a man named Masato Sonezaki comes public confessing that he is the murderer, but the police cannot arrest him due to a loophole in the law. Sonezaki publishes a book and becomes a celebrity. Later, another man claims to be the real murderer. But then it is revealed that both of them are frauds. Sonezaki confesses that he wanted to capture the real killer while the other man wanted financial success. Sonezaki is revealed to be Takumi Onodera, whose fiancé was killed by that killer. Later, Sonezaki finds out the real killer's hideout and tries to kill him. Detective Kō Makimura comes and stops Sonezaki. The killer is then taken to police custody.

In a post-credit scene, a man attempts to kill the killer to avenge his mother.

Cast

• Tatsuya Fujiwara as Masato Sonezaki, who claims himself to be the murderer.^[8]
• Hideaki Itō as Kō Makimura, a detective.
• Kaho as Miharu Kishi
• Shuhei Nomura
• Anna Ishibashi
• Ryo Ryusei
• Taichi Saotome
• Mitsuru Hirata
• Koichi Iwaki
• Toru Nakamura
• Ryo Iwamatsu