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Half a Confession
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Half a Confession

2004-01-10 · 121 min · ★ 7.7

Drama · Mystery · Crime

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.

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Directors
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Production companies
TBS, Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo ASA Company, "Hanochi" Film Partners, Toei Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Akira TeraoAkira TeraoSoichiro Kaji
Mieko HaradaMieko HaradaKeiko Kaji
Hidetaka YoshiokaHidetaka YoshiokaKeigo Fujibayashi
Mayu TsurutaMayu TsurutaYoko Nakao
Jun KunimuraJun KunimuraManabu Uemura
Tsuyoshi IharaTsuyoshi IharaMorio Sase
Kyusaku ShimadaKyusaku Shimada
Yousuke SaitoYousuke Saito
Ikuji NakamuraIkuji Nakamura
Takashi SasanoTakashi Sasano
Yasuhito Shimao
Kosuke ToyoharaKosuke Toyohara
Masaki TerasomaMasaki Terasoma
Mitsuru Kato
Toshiaki Ogawa
Tetsuhiro SaiTetsuhiro Sai
Saburo Tamura
Daisuke NagakuraDaisuke Nagakura
Toshiyuki NishidaToshiyuki Nishida
Shirô NamikiShirô Namiki

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