# Confessions (2010)

> A bereaved teacher engineers a chilling psychological reckoning after discovering that her middle-school students killed her young daughter.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/36920

## Facts

- Runtime: 107 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
- Cast: Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura, Yukito Nishii, Kaoru Fujiwara, Ai Hashimoto, Naoki Ichii, Kai Inowaki
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590089/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: cold, paranoid, dread-filled, late night thriller viewing, japanese cinema deep dive

## Synopsis

A mother's grief leads her down a dark path of vengeance and revelation.

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