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Confessions
2010
· Movie
· 106 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #800
- IMDb #932
- Google retired #869
- Rotten Tomatoes #1171
- Letterboxd #617
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #835
Every rating
63–92
out of 100
A middle school teacher announces her resignation to her chaotic class. She then reveals that two of her students are responsible for the death of her young daughter, and that she has exacted a chilling revenge by tampering with their milk. This confession sets in motion a complex and disturbing chain of events among the students.
Details
- Director
- Tetsuya Nakashima
- Writer
- Tetsuya Nakashima
- Released
- 4 June 2010
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Box office
- $45.2M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →9 wins from 23 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| 83rd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Foreign Language Film | Confessions | Nominee |
| 14th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2010 | Jury's Special Award | Confessions | Winner |
| 30th Hong Kong Film Awards 2010 | Best Asian Film | Confessions | Winner |
| 34th Japan Academy Film Prize 2010 | Best Film Editing | Yoshiyuki Koike | Winner |
| 34th Japan Academy Film Prize 2010 | Best Picture | Confessions | Winner |
| 34th Japan Academy Film Prize 2010 | Best Director | Tetsuya Nakashima | Winner |
| 34th Japan Academy Film Prize 2010 | Best Screenplay | Tetsuya Nakashima | Winner |
| 34th Japan Academy Film Prize 2010 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Takako Matsu | Nominee |
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83rd Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Confessions | Nominee |
34th Japan Academy Film Prize
11 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director | Tetsuya Nakashima | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Yoshiyuki Koike | Winner |
| Best Picture | Confessions | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Tetsuya Nakashima | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Towako Kuwajima | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Masakazu Ato, Atsushi Ozawa | Nominee |
| Best Lighting Direction | Susumu Takakura | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Masaki Okada | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Takako Matsu | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Yoshino Kimura | Nominee |
| Best Sound Recording | Masato Yano | Nominee |
53rd Blue Ribbon Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Picture | Confessions | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yoshino Kimura | Winner |
14th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury's Special Award | Confessions | Winner |
30th Hong Kong Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Asian Film | Confessions | Winner |
35th Hochi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Tetsuya Nakashima | Winner |
5th Asian Film Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actress | Takako Matsu | Nominee |
| Best Director | Tetsuya Nakashima | Nominee |
| Best Film | Confessions | Nominee |
| Best Film Editor | Yoshiyuki Koike | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Masaki Okada | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yoshino Kimura | Nominee |