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Half a Confession (半落ち, Han'ochi) is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.




Summary


Respected inspector Soichiro Kaji is imprisoned for killing his wife, Keiko, who, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, requested it. His colleagues at Tokyo Police Force discover that Kaji intended to commit suicide after killing her, but instead went away on a bullet train two days later. A suspicious item is found in his coat pocket that suggests Kaji was unfaithful. The incident makes headlines in Tokyo, where a young female reporter sets out to find the truth about the acclaimed yet intriguingly silent defendant. Soichiro Kaji has drawn the interest of many: lawyer, judge, detective, relative... Slowly they weave the tale behind it all and tentatively tread upon the question of euthanasia.




Cast


Akira Terao: Soichiro Kaji
Mieko Harada: Keiko Kaji
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Mayu Tsuruta
Kyohei Shibata
Kirin Kiki: Yasuko Shimamura
Reiko Takashima
Jun Kunimura
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Tomoko Naraoka




Reception


The film was nominated for twelve awards at the 2005 Japan Academy Prize, winning Best Film and Best Actor. It also won the award for Best Actor at the 2005 Blue Ribbon Awards.




References






External links


Han-ochi (2004) at IMDb
Half a Confession at AllMovie
半落ち (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
半落ち (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
半落ち(2003) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
"Variety Japan" 半落ち (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 16 May 2009.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Penghargaan Akademi Jepang untuk Film Tahun Ini
• Penampilan Menakjubkan oleh seorang Aktor dalam sebuah Peran Utama (Penghargaan Akademi Jepang)
• Issey Takahashi
• Penghargaan Musik Asia Mnet
• V (penyanyi)
• Theodore Lorch
• Nam Tae-hyun
• Jeon So-min
• Webtoon (penerbit)
• Ju Ji-hoon
• Half a Confession
• Hideo Yokoyama
• Confession (religion)
• Akira Terao
• Reiko Takashima
• Augsburg Confession
• Kiyoshi Sasabe
• Kyōhei Shibata
• Hana-bi
• Forced confession