About
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.
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TBS, Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo ASA Company, "Hanochi" Film Partners, Toei Company
Original Title
半落ち
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →A
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
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Tsuyoshi Ihara
Morio Sase
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Kyusaku Shimada
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Yousuke Saito
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Ikuji Nakamura
T
Takashi Sasano
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Yasuhito Shimao
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Kosuke Toyohara
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Masaki Terasoma
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Mitsuru Kato
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Tetsuhiro Sai
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Saburo Tamura
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Daisuke Nagakura
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Toshiyuki Nishida
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Shirô Namiki
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Hoshi Ishida
Toshiya Kaji
