'Confessions' may be too grimly cynical to convince fully, but its combination of visual excess, dark wit, random violence, psychological insight and raw emotional intensity is intoxicating.
Confessions
Her pupils murdered her daughter. She will have her revenge.
2010 · 1h 47m · Not Rated
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Tetsuya Nakashima
Overview
Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
Director and cast
- Tetsuya Nakashima Director
- Takako Matsu as Yuko Moriguchi
- Masaki Okada as Yoshiteru Terada
- Yoshino Kimura as Naoki's mother
- Mana Ashida as Manami Moriguchi (Yuko's Daughter)
- Yukito Nishii as Shuya Watanabe
- Kaoru Fujiwara as Naoki Shimomura
- Ai Hashimoto as Mizuki Kitahara
- Naoki Ichii as Yusuke Hoshino
- Kai Inowaki as Yuma Maekawa
- Yuiko Kariya Cast
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