The Serialist [Limited Edition] Collector's Edition

[Machine Translation] This Mystery is Amazing! The shocking film adaptation of the foreign mystery that ranked first in the "Weekly Bunshun Mystery Top 10" and "I want to read a Mystery"! This Mystery is Amazing! 2012 edition (Overseas) No.1", "Weekly Bunshun Mystery Best 10 2011 (Overseas) No.1", "Mystery Desire to Read! 2012 Edition (Overseas) No.1", and "Mystery Readers' Choice 2012 Edition (Overseas) No.1". This is the first time for a foreign novelist to win the triple crown, something that has never been achieved by other famous works such as "The Silence of the Lambs," "Misery," "The Bone Collector," "The Da Vinci Code," and many other masterpieces in the history of mysteries. In addition, despite being a debut novel, this unprecedented masterpiece was nominated for the Detective Writers Club of America's Best New Writer Award, the oldest and most prestigious award for mystery and suspense fiction. The world's most popular mystery novel of the new era is now available as a Japanese movie! Comes with outer case. --The main character is an unsuccessful novelist, Ippei Akabane. One day, he receives a request from Daigo Kurei, a serial killer on death row, to write a book of confessions. If I write this book of confessions, I might become a first-rate novelist..." Driven by desire, Akahane is determined to write a book of confessions. Driven by desire, Akahane goes to see Kurei. However, there was a condition for the publication of the confession book. He must write a novel with Kurei as the main character. Akahane reluctantly agrees and begins interviewing three women to write a novel, but murders occur at every turn! What's more, the M.O. is exactly the same as Kurei's 12 years ago. Kurei, who is in prison, could not have committed the murders this time. So, was someone other than Kurei responsible for the murders? The mystery deepens. What is the surprising ending of "The Second-rate Novelist," a superb mystery that will make mystery fans groan and be satisfied....

Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailer, TV spot, making-of, event footage

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「このミステリーがすごい!」「週刊文春ミステリーベスト10」「ミステリが読みたい」堂々1位の海外ミステリが衝撃の映画化作品!「このミステリーがすごい! 2012年版 (海外編)第一位」、「週刊文春ミステリーベスト10 2011年 (海外部門)第一位」、「ミステリが読みたい! 2012年版 (海外編)第一位」という、海外ミステリー部門として初の三冠達成に輝いた、デイヴィッド・ゴードン著『二流小説家』。ミステリー史上に輝く数々の名作ー『羊たちの沈黙』『ミザリー』『ボーン・コレクター』『ダ・ヴィンチ・コード』・・・といった名だたる作品が成し得なかった三冠を獲得した話題作。さらに、デビュー作であるにもかかわらず、ミステリー&サスペンス小説の賞としてもっとも歴史と権威のあるアメリカ探偵作家クラブ最優秀新人賞ノミネートも手に入れた未曾有の傑作。そんな世界が注目する新時代ミステリー小説が、日本映画として登場! アウターケース付き。――主人公は、売れない小説家・赤羽一兵。彼のもとにある日、連続殺人犯の死刑囚・呉井大悟から「告白本を書いて欲しい」という執筆依頼が舞い込む。「この告白本を書けば一流の小説家になれるかもしれない・・・」。欲望に駆られた赤羽は呉井に会いに行く。しかし、告白本の出版には条件があった。それは呉井を主人公にした小説を書くこと。しぶしぶ承諾した赤羽は、小説を執筆するために3人の女性の取材をはじめるが、その先々で殺人事件が起きる!しかも、その手口は12年前の呉井の手口とまったく同じものだった。刑務所にいる呉井に今回の事件の犯行は不可能。ということは、呉井ではない何者かの犯行なのか? 深まる謎。ミステリーファンを唸らせる、満足させる、極上ミステリー『二流小説家』の驚くべき結末とは・・・。

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