jt-pandey
8/4/2025
10.0
An audio-visual treat but beneath the beautiful facade, there's a lingering sense of dread and paranoia. 2 hours of deceit and doubts culminating in a climax that nobody can ever predict.
Feature2010·107m·7.6
Confessions
Her pupils murdered her daughter. She will have her revenge.
DramaThrillerMystery
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.
Cast
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
Non
Shuka Kiritani
Hotaru Nomoto
Saki Matsukawa
Ayaka Miyoshi
Ayaka Tsuchida
Kasumi Yamaya
Yukari Naito
Ayuri Yoshinaga
Asuka Nonaka
Hirofumi Arai
Shuya's Father
Makiya Yamaguchi
Masayoshi Sakuranomiya
Ikuyo Kuroda
Shuya's Mother
Mana Ashida
Manami Moriguchi
Yuko Araki
Student (uncredited)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $45.2M
- Age rating
- —
- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- Hakuhodo DY Media PartnersLicriNippan Group HoldingsSony Music Entertainment (Japan)TOHOTSUTAYA Group
Crew
Director
Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers
Kanae Minato, Tetsuya Nakashima
Atsushi Ozawa
Director of Photography
Yoshiyuki Koike
Editor
Shôichi Atô
Director of Photography
Towako Kuwajima
Production Design
Hiromi Shintani
Costume Design
Gallery
Reviews
Alunauwie
1/1/2026
9.0
Confessions explores the moral void left by a legal system that fails to punish juvenile crime, unfolding a chilling revenge through quiet monologues and shifting perspectives. As each character’s inner justification is exposed, the film reveals how guilt, bullying, and false righteousness mutate into collective cruelty. Cold, controlled, and devastating, it portrays revenge not as rage—but as a meticulously planned shadow that never truly leaves. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)
