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Half a Confession(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-01-10
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7 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:
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