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Confessions

Confessions

Her pupils murdered her daughter. She will have her revenge.

20107.61h 47m

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.

Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Written by Tetsuya Nakashima, Kanae Minato
Produced by Genki Kawamura, Yoshihiro Kubota, Yûji Ishida
Box Office0Revenue: $45.2M

Top Cast

Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu

Yuko Moriguchi

Masaki Okada

Masaki Okada

Yoshiteru Terada

Yoshino Kimura

Yoshino Kimura

Naoki's Mother

Yukito Nishii

Yukito Nishii

Shuya Watanabe

Kaoru Fujiwara

Kaoru Fujiwara

Naoki Shimomura

Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto

Mizuki Kitahara

Naoki Ichii

Naoki Ichii

Yusuke Hoshino

Kai Inowaki

Kai Inowaki

Yuma Maekawa

Yuiko Kariya

Yuiko Kariya

Runa Miura

Naoya Shimizu

Naoya Shimizu

Tadashi Kanzaki

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on novel or bookchild murderteachermurdermiddle schooljunior high schoolmurder mysteryfemale teacherpsychologicalgrieving motherjapanese junior high schoolertense

About Confessions

Confessions is a drama, thriller, mystery film released in 2010 exploring themes of japan, based on novel or book, child murder, teacher, murder, middle school. Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, it stars Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura. 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.

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