Half a Confession
半落ち
Release: 2004-01-10
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 8.0
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TBS
Sumitomo Corporation
Tokyo ASA Company
"Hanochi" Film Partners
Toei Company
Cast
Akira Terao
as Soichiro Kaji
Kyôhei Shibata
as Kazumasa Shiki
Taiju Nakane
Mieko Harada
as Keiko Kaji
Mayu Tsuruta
as Yoko Nakao
Yousuke Saito
Tetsuhiro Sai
Ryosei Tayama
Renji Ishibashi
Kosuke Toyohara
Hoshi Ishida
as Toshiya Kaji
Anzu Nagai
as Manabu Uemura's daughter
Masuyo Iwamoto
Reiko Takashima
as Akiko Uemura
Jun Kunimura
as Manabu Uemura
Ikuji Nakamura
Takashi Sasano
Toshiyuki Nishida
Hirotaro Honda
Masaki Terasoma
Kaoru Okunuki
Hisashi Igawa
Shirô Namiki
Seiichi Tanabe
Kirin Kiki
as Yasuko Shimamura
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Keigo Fujibayashi
Tsuyoshi Ihara
as Morio Sase
Tomoko Naraoka
as Dr. Takaki
Kyūsaku Shimada
Daisuke Nagakura
Issey Takahashi
