22年目の告白 ―私が殺人犯です― (2017)

Title: Memoirs of a Murderer

Original Title: 22年目の告白 ―私が殺人犯です―

Release Date: 2017-06-10

Status: Released

Rating: 6.7/10 (from 72 votes)

Language: JA

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Production Companies: Nippon Television Network Corporation, Robot Communications, WOWOW FILMS, Horipro, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, dentsu, KDDI, jeki, D.N. Dream Partners, Kodansha, A-Team, GYAO, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Warner Bros. Japan

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.