

Half a Confession
2004-01-10 · 121 min · ★ 7.7
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 TeraoSoichiro Kaji
Mieko HaradaKeiko Kaji
Hidetaka YoshiokaKeigo Fujibayashi
Mayu TsurutaYoko Nakao
Jun KunimuraManabu Uemura
Tsuyoshi IharaMorio Sase
Kyusaku Shimada
Yousuke Saito
Ikuji Nakamura
Takashi Sasano
Kosuke Toyohara
Masaki Terasoma
Tetsuhiro Sai
Daisuke Nagakura
Toshiyuki Nishida
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