I assume everyone who is reading this has watched the movie. The title became clear to me when there was a flashback that included Sakie and Misumi killing the father. That was when I realized that Sakie had a hand in killing her father. However, this was changed when Misumi told Shigemori that he was not at the river bank and he did not kill the father. Flashback to the driver who earlier said that the father had a wallet that smelled of petrol already. Misumi stole his wallet already with petrol and Sakie later killed him when he tried to rape her by the river bank again. I thought Shigemori understood this when he wanted to change the plea of Misumi. Even Misumi thought Shigemori understood this when he shook hands with Shigemori after judgement - because he thought Shigemori believed him.
The ending of the movie is the saddest, when Shigemori went back to visit Misumi. It totally broke Misumi's heart (and mine), when Shigemori confessed that he only changed the plea because he thought Misumi wanted to protect Sakie from the embarrassment of rape. Because of that, Misumi changed his story again, which he does every time people do not believe in what he is saying. "It must be as you say it is" cuts right to the heart of a person whom nobody believed, even Shigemori. Misumi never wanted to protect Sakie, he just wanted the truth to be told and believed. Look at how he did not even exchange glances at the guilt-stricken Sakie when he was led out of courtroom.
The third murder was committed by everyone who did not believe in Misumi's innocence and story, everyone who judged that he killed, including Shigemori and Misumi who didn't tell the whole truth.
I had to write this after going through the reviews and finding out that so many reviewers finished the movie still not believing Misumi did not kill.
The ending of the movie is the saddest, when Shigemori went back to visit Misumi. It totally broke Misumi's heart (and mine), when Shigemori confessed that he only changed the plea because he thought Misumi wanted to protect Sakie from the embarrassment of rape. Because of that, Misumi changed his story again, which he does every time people do not believe in what he is saying. "It must be as you say it is" cuts right to the heart of a person whom nobody believed, even Shigemori. Misumi never wanted to protect Sakie, he just wanted the truth to be told and believed. Look at how he did not even exchange glances at the guilt-stricken Sakie when he was led out of courtroom.
The third murder was committed by everyone who did not believe in Misumi's innocence and story, everyone who judged that he killed, including Shigemori and Misumi who didn't tell the whole truth.
I had to write this after going through the reviews and finding out that so many reviewers finished the movie still not believing Misumi did not kill.