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
Mieko Harada
as Keiko Kaji
Anzu Nagai
as Manabu Uemura's daughter
Reiko Takashima
as Akiko Uemura
Tsuyoshi Ihara
as Morio Sase
Hirotaro Honda
Tetsuhiro Sai
Daisuke Nagakura
Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Keigo Fujibayashi
Ikuji Nakamura
Renji Ishibashi
Kirin Kiki
as Yasuko Shimamura
Tomoko Naraoka
as Dr. Takaki
Kyôhei Shibata
as Kazumasa Shiki
Akira Terao
as Soichiro Kaji
Masaki Terasoma
Seiichi Tanabe
Mayu Tsuruta
as Yoko Nakao
Kosuke Toyohara
Toshiyuki Nishida
Shirô Namiki
Masuyo Iwamoto
Issey Takahashi
Kaoru Okunuki
Jun Kunimura
as Manabu Uemura
Takashi Sasano
Hoshi Ishida
as Toshiya Kaji
Hisashi Igawa
Kyūsaku Shimada
Yousuke Saito
Ryosei Tayama
Taiju Nakane
