Half a Confession

Half a Confession

121 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Jan. 10, 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.

Half a Confession

121 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Jan. 10, 2004

Half a Confession
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers TBS, Toei Company, Ltd., Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo ASA Company, "Hanochi" Film Partners
Original title 半落ち
Directors Kiyoshi Sasabe
Writers

Cast

Akira Terao

as Soichiro Kaji

Mieko Harada

as Keiko Kaji

Hidetaka Yoshioka

as Keigo Fujibayashi

Mayu Tsuruta

as Yoko Nakao

Jun Kunimura

as Manabu Uemura

Tsuyoshi Ihara

as Morio Sase

Hoshi Ishida

as Toshiya Kaji

Anzu Nagai

as Manabu Uemura's daughter

Reiko Takashima

as Akiko Uemura

Kirin Kiki

as Yasuko Shimamura

Tomoko Naraoka

as Dr. Takaki

Kyôhei Shibata

as Kazumasa Shiki