Synopsis
Her pupils murdered her daughter. She will have her revenge.
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Confessions
Cast
Takako Matsu Masaki Okada Yoshino Kimura Yukito Nishii Kaoru Fujiwara Ai Hashimoto Naoki Ichii Kai Inowaki Yuiko Kariya Naoya Shimizu Non Hotaru Nomoto Ayaka Miyoshi Kasumi Yamaya Ayuri Yoshinaga Hirofumi Arai Makiya Yamaguchi Ikuyo Kuroda Mana Ashida Yuko Araki Hiroki Nakajima Yui Ito Ai Kuriki Yuma Okura Takuya Kusakawa Kazunori Mimura Sora Iwata Kanon Nanaki Maaya Kondo Show All…
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Executive Producers
Hiroshi Morozumi Koji Hyakutake Minami Ichikawa Hiroaki Kitano Shin'ichi Yoshida Takahisa Miyaji Toshiyasu Ohmiya Yoshishige Shimatani
Production Design
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Studios
DesperaDo Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Licri Nippan Group Holdings Sony Music Entertainment TOHO Yahoo! Japan
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Alternative Titles
Kokuhaku, Öğretmenin İntikamı, İtiraflar, Gestaendnisse, 自白, 母亲, Geständnisse - Confessions, Признания, คำสารภาพ, 고백, Confessions: The Secrets of Machiko, İtiraflar Kokuhaku, Geständnisse, Wyznania, Εξομολογήσεις, וידויים, Vallomások, Confissões, اعترافات, Lời Thú Tội
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Theatrical
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Netherlands
05 Jun 2010
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JapanR15+
14 Oct 2010
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Hong Kong
18 Feb 2011
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UK15
31 Mar 2011
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South Korea18
06 Jul 2011
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Spain16
28 Jul 2011
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Germany16
Releases by Country
Germany
28 Jul 2011
- Theatrical16
Hong Kong
14 Oct 2010
- Theatrical
Japan
05 Jun 2010
- TheatricalR15+
Netherlands
04 Jun 2010
- Theatrical
South Korea
31 Mar 2011
- Theatrical18
Spain
06 Jul 2011
- Theatrical16
UK
18 Feb 2011
- Theatrical15
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To even think of opening a movie with a 25min monologue is bold, to pull it of to such an effect is scary.
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Any movie containing Radiohead's Last Flowers to the Hospital, not once, but twice, automatically receives close to a five star rating from me, haha.
No, but seriously, this movie is absolutely amazing, from the complex plot to the believable performances to the bipolarity of tone; I just stayed up 'till 4:30 in the morning watching it... and I have class in the morning. Fuck.
Oh, did I mention Bach's Concerto No. 5 in F Minor?
Oh, did I mention The xx's Fantasy?Tetsuya Nakashima's music supervisor
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"From now on, your reformation begins one step at a time."
That's one of the very final lines spoken in Confessions. For quite a few years I was a very devoted follower of J-Horror and K-Horror films. My interest was sparked by the very first Ring movie, as I'm sure that was the case for many other people too.
After that I consumed a lot more horror films from Japan and South Korea, and a few bits and pieces from other countries in south-east Asia, enjoying a few of them but with most of them just being left with a feeling of, "Meh. I've seen this one about 25 times already." Yet I kept going with them, perhaps mostly out…
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If you've ever wanted to see a revenge thriller that is shot and edited like a late-2000s metalcore music video then this is the film for you.
Confessions starts out very strong. The entire first act, which takes the form of a prolonged monologue, is so impressively constructed and delivered with such intense visual verve that I thought we could be heading into superlative territory. Unfortunately, my fears that it was too front-loaded were confirmed by what followed. The twist-laden plot about a teacher getting retribution on the students who killed her daughter does set up some interesting ideas on violence begetting suffering, moral decay and the cruel nature of adolescence (from someone who was one, I can confirm that…
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i don’t know what else to say about this movie other than holy shit...japanese and korean cinema really made revenge their bitch!
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One thing you can't accuse this film of is not being creative or even distinctive. A revenge thriller and mystery drama of the particular kind, with a mother seeking vengeance for her daughter's death in the most elaborate and brilliant way conceivable, as she, a teacher at the school where the killer attends, delivers this elaborate story, a protracted confession, and we as the audience see how all the pieces are displayed and put into place through flashbacks that appear surreal and nightmarish recollections.
The plot itself may be a little cliched; it's certainly nothing new. Nonetheless, the story is delivered in such a way that we not only find it stylistically compelling, but also gain a deeper understanding of…
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Houses move and houses speak,
if you take me there you'll get relief.
The ultimate nakashima experience: evil redefined. Starts right off the bat with the first confession, immediately setting up the film's somber and oppressive atmosphere, exposing teen angst in its most rampantly aggresive, most heartless, most murderous form. The entire classroom is a bomb ready to go off -- guilt and frustration mix together like blood and milk, insecurities accummulate and explode up to terrifying proportions, even weaponized at one point. This is an expertly crafted film, steadily jumping between aftermath and causation, feels a lot tidier and more sedated than World of Kanako but does not fall back at all in terms of shock value. If the teacher represents adulthood, I'd like to think this movie as a story about the struggle to reject it, and it is more relatable to me now than ever.
Relief, relief, relief. -
"Just kidding."
After a nearly 30-minute long monologue, Confessions begins at where many thrillers end and that's where the "genius" of Tetsuya Nakashima lies in tantalising the revenge tastebuds and delivered a delicious thriller by stirring up emotions to the core besides mixing style and substance like milk and honey to give a taste explosion for the fans of the genre!
The current flow of the film is all about an inciting incident and a student who just wants to be recognized at any cost and hog the headlines for a personal reason, but there's a strong undercurrent of parenting, delinquency, the boon and bane of intelligence. These conflicting currents brought up a whirlpool with flow currents accelerated… -
A brilliant psychological thriller, a shocking portrayal of revenge & a smartly-crafted work of mystery, Confessions makes a solid mark in its opening monologue which later goes on to haunt the viewers as well as the characters in the movie throughout its runtime. It tells the story of a school-teacher who unleashes her twisted master plan to punish the students responsible for her daughter's death & is told through the confessions of different people as the story moves forward.
Narrated in non-chronological order & shifting point of views that requires the viewers' attention from the very beginning in spite of the chaos & repelling ambience present during its opening moments, the film is carefully assembled & effectively told from start to finish. Smartly directed, deftly…
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