Half a Confession (半落ち) 20 years old

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

Name Character
Jun Kunimura He was 48, now 68 years old as Manabu Uemura
Akira Terao He was 56, now 76 years old as Soichiro Kaji
Hisashi Igawa He was 67, now 87 years old
Tomoko Naraoka She was 74, now 94 years old as Dr. Takaki
Renji Ishibashi He was 62, now 82 years old
Issey Takahashi He was 23, now 43 years old
Ikuji Nakamura He was 50, now 70 years old
Kosuke Toyohara He was 38, now 58 years old
Ryôsei Tayama
Kyūsaku Shimada He was 48, now 68 years old
Reiko Takashima She was 39, now 59 years old as Akiko Uemura
Kaoru Okunuki She was 33, now 53 years old
Takashi Sasano He was 55, now 75 years old
Seiichi Tanabe He was 34, now 54 years old
Mieko Harada She was 45, now 65 years old as Keiko Kaji
Hidetaka Yoshioka He was 33, now 53 years old as Keigo Fujibayashi
Hirotaro Honda He was 52, now 73 years old
Kirin Kiki She was 60, 75 years old when she died as Yasuko Shimamura
Masaki Terasoma He was 41, now 61 years old
Tsuyoshi Ihara He was 40, now 60 years old as Morio Sase
Toshiyuki Nishida He was 56, now 76 years old
Yōsuke Saito He was 15, now 35 years old
Mayu Tsuruta She was 33, now 53 years old as Yoko Nakao
Daisuke Nagakura He was 40, now 60 years old
Shirô Namiki
Hoshi Ishida as Toshiya Kaji

Half a Confession Crew

Name Department
Kiyoshi Sasabe as Director. He was 46 (now 66) years old Directing
Half a Confession poster
Half a Confession (20 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, January 10, 2004
  • Runtime: 121 minutes