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Half a Confession

80% | Jan 10, 2004
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.

Top Billed Cast

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Akira Terao
Soichiro Kaji
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Mieko Harada
Keiko Kaji
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Hidetaka Yoshioka
Keigo Fujibayashi
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Mayu Tsuruta
Yoko Nakao
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Jun Kunimura
Manabu Uemura

Featured Crew

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Kiyoshi Sasabe
Director
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Sosuke Yoshikado
Gaffer
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Hideo Yokoyama
Original Story
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Hideo Yokoyama
Novel
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Toshiyuki Tabe
Screenplay
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Kiyoshi Sasabe
Screenplay
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Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
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Hideaki Ohata
Editor
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Makoto Yokoyama
Action Director
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Naotaro Moriyama
Theme Song Performance
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Tamiya Terashima
Music
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Yasuo Takano
Sound Recordist

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