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Confessions (2010) | Ranked Top 11% · CriticCrunch

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Confessions

Movie2010·107 min

Confessions

Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima

Drama Thriller Mystery

A drama thriller film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 11%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6/10

1K ratings

About Confessions

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.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Unsettling
Story Tags: grief and loss, obsession, trauma recovery, high school campus, japan, mentor student, anti hero, villain protagonist, revenge quest, slow burn reveal, nonlinear flashback, serial killer

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Details

Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Language: Japanese

Cast

Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura

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Where to Watch Confessions

Confessions is not currently available on any tracked service.

How Confessions Ranks

All movies

Top 11%

2010s movies

Top 9%

Drama movies

Top 10%

2010s Drama movies

Top 8%

★Tetsuya Nakashima films#2 of 4

Top 8% 2010s Drama movies.

Second-best Tetsuya Nakashima film, behind Memories of Matsuko.

the vibe

Confessions Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkharrowinglayeredseriouspersonalhaunting

stylized

unsettling

What it's about

revenge questslow-burn revealnonlinear flashbackgrief & lossobsessiontrauma recoveryanti-herovillain protagonistmentor studentserial killerhigh schooljapan

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

stylizedstyled