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Half a Confession(2004)

Drama Mystery Crime

Status: Released

Date: 2004-01-10

80%

6 Votes

Time: 2h 1m

Overview:

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.

Languages: Japanese.

Countries:

Japan

ProductionCompanies:

Tokyo ASA Company

"Hanochi" Film Partners

Movie: Half a Confession

Top 10 Billed Cast

寺尾聰

Soichiro Kaji

原田美枝子

Keiko Kaji

吉岡秀隆

Keigo Fujibayashi

鶴田真由

Yoko Nakao

國村隼

Manabu Uemura

伊原剛志

Morio Sase

嶋田久作

斉藤洋介

中村育二

笹野高史

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Overview
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
Release Date
2004-01-10
Average
8
Rating:
4.0 starts
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Genres
Drama Mystery Crime
Languages:
日本語

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