Half a Confession
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.
Cast
Akira Terao
Soichiro KajiMieko Harada
Keiko KajiHidetaka Yoshioka
Keigo FujibayashiMayu Tsuruta
Yoko NakaoJun Kunimura
Manabu UemuraTsuyoshi Ihara
Morio SaseKyūsaku Shimada
Yousuke Saito
Ikuji Nakamura
Takashi Sasano
Kosuke Toyohara
Masaki Terasoma
Tetsuhiro Sai
Daisuke Nagakura
Toshiyuki Nishida
Shirô Namiki
Hoshi Ishida
Toshiya KajiAnzu Nagai
Manabu Uemura's daughterHirotaro Honda
Ryosei Tayama
Kaoru Okunuki
Masuyo Iwamoto
Seiichi Tanabe
Renji Ishibashi
Hisashi Igawa
Reiko Takashima
Akiko UemuraKirin Kiki
Yasuko ShimamuraTomoko Naraoka
Dr. TakakiKyôhei Shibata
Kazumasa ShikiIssey Takahashi