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.
Credits
Half a Confession Cast
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Character |
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Jun Kunimura
He was 48, now 69 years old
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as Manabu Uemura |
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Akira Terao
He was 56, now 77 years old
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as Soichiro Kaji |
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Hisashi Igawa
He was 67, now 88 years old
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Tomoko Naraoka
She was 74, now 95 years old
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as Dr. Takaki |
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Renji Ishibashi
He was 62, now 83 years old
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Ikuji Nakamura
He was 50, now 71 years old
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Issey Takahashi
He was 23, now 44 years old
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Kosuke Toyohara
He was 38, now 59 years old
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Ryôsei Tayama
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Kyūsaku Shimada
He was 48, now 69 years old
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Reiko Takashima
She was 39, now 60 years old
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as Akiko Uemura |
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Kaoru Okunuki
She was 33, now 54 years old
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Takashi Sasano
He was 55, now 76 years old
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Seiichi Tanabe
He was 34, now 55 years old
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Mieko Harada
She was 45, now 65 years old
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as Keiko Kaji |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka
He was 33, now 54 years old
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as Keigo Fujibayashi |
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Hirotaro Honda
He was 52, now 73 years old
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Kirin Kiki
She was 60, 75 years old when she died
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as Yasuko Shimamura |
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Masaki Terasoma
He was 41, now 62 years old
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Tsuyoshi Ihara
He was 40, now 61 years old
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as Morio Sase |
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Toshiyuki Nishida
He was 56, now 77 years old
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Yōsuke Saito
He was 15, now 36 years old
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Mayu Tsuruta
She was 33, now 54 years old
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as Yoko Nakao |
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Shirô Namiki
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Hoshi Ishida
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as Toshiya Kaji |
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Daisuke Nagakura
He was 40, now 61 years old
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Half a Confession Crew
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Department |
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Kiyoshi Sasabe as Director. He was 46 (now 66) years old
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Directing |
