
Battle Royale(2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.


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

Takako Matsu
Yuko Moriguchi

Masaki Okada
Yoshiteru Terada

Yoshino Kimura
Naoki's Mother

Yukito Nishii
Shuya Watanabe

Kaoru Fujiwara
Naoki Shimomura

Ai Hashimoto
Mizuki Kitahara

Naoki Ichii
Yusuke Hoshino

Kai Inowaki
Yuma Maekawa

Yuiko Kariya
Runa Miura

Naoya Shimizu
Tadashi Kanzaki
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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