* Movie: Confessions
* Romaji: Kokuhaku
* Japanese: 告白
* Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
* Writer: Kanae Minato (novel), Tetsuya Nakashima
* Producer: Yuji Ishida, Genki Kawamura, Yutaka Suzuki, Yoshihiro Kubota
* Cinematographer: Masakazu Ato, Atsushi Ozawa
* Release Date: June 5, 2010
* Runtime: 106 min.
* Distributor: Toho
* Language: Japanese
* Country: Japan
Plot
Middle school teacher Yoko Moriguchi's (Takako Matsu) life comes crashing down after the murder of her 4 year old daughter. Eventually Yoko Moriguchi suspects some of her own students to have been responsible for her daughter's death. An elaborate plan for revenge then ensues, including forcing students to drink HIV tainted milk ...
Notes
1. Based on Kanae Minato's 2008 best selling novel "Kokuhaku" (has sold 700,000+ copies to date).
2. After reading the novel "Kokuhaku" director Tetsuya Nakashima wanted actress Takako Matsu to play the main role. Enough so that he said if Takako Matsu would not play the role he would not have made the film.
3. Filming began October 24th, 2009.
4. Auditions were held for potential actors to play the students. Of which 34 were selected out of 1,000.
Cast
Takako Matsu as yoko moriguchi
Masaki Okada as yoshiteru terada
Yoshino Kimura as naoki's mother
Additional Cast Members:
* Yukito Nishii
* Kaoru Fujiwara
* Manami Hashimoto
* Naoki Ichii
* Hirofumi Arai
* Makiya Yamaguchi - Masayoshi Sakuranomiya
* Mana Ashida - Manami Moriguchi
* Kinuo Yamada
* Yuiko Kariya
* Naoya Shimizu
