Half a Confession (2004)
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.
Director:
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Writers:
Toshiyuki Tabe, Kiyoshi Sasabe.
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Akira Terao as Soichiro Kaji |
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Mieko Harada as Keiko Kaji |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka as Keigo Fujibayashi |
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Mayu Tsuruta as Yoko Nakao |
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Jun Kunimura as Manabu Uemura |
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Tsuyoshi Ihara as Morio Sase |
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Kyusaku Shimada as |
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Yousuke Saito as |
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Ikuji Nakamura as |
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Takashi Sasano as |
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Yasuhito Shimao as |
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Kosuke Toyohara as |
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Masaki Terasoma as |
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Mitsuru Kato as |
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Toshiaki Ogawa as |
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Tetsuhiro Sai as |
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Saburo Tamura as |
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Daisuke Nagakura as |
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Toshiyuki Nishida as |
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Shirô Namiki as |
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Hoshi Ishida as Toshiya Kaji |
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Anzu Nagai as Manabu Uemura's daughter |
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Takako Ariyasu as |
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Sayuri Murase as |
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Tomoko Kubota as |
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Hirotaro Honda as |
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Ryosei Tayama as |
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Kaoru Okunuki as |
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Masuyo Iwamoto as |
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Seiichi Tanabe as |
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Renji Ishibashi as |
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Hisashi Igawa as |
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Reiko Takashima as Akiko Uemura |
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Kirin Kiki as Yasuko Shimamura |
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Tomoko Naraoka as Dr. Takaki |
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Kyôhei Shibata as Kazumasa Shiki |
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Issey Takahashi as |
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Taiju Nakane as |
| Directing | Kiyoshi Sasabe | Director |
| Lighting | Sosuke Yoshikado | Gaffer |
| Writing | Hideo Yokoyama | Original Story |
| Writing | Hideo Yokoyama | Novel |
| Writing | Toshiyuki Tabe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kiyoshi Sasabe | Screenplay |
| Camera | Mutsuo Naganuma | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hideaki Ohata | Editor |
| Directing | Makoto Yokoyama | Action Director |
| Sound | Naotaro Moriyama | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Yasuo Takano | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Chiharu Nakasone | Producer |
| Production | Yoshihiro Kojima | Producer |
| Production | Kazuya Hamana | Producer |
| Sound | Tamiya Terashima | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hideyo Sasaki | Sound Effects |
| Art | Hidemitsu Yamazaki | Production Design |
| Sound | 赤澤靖大 | Sound Editor |