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