The only thing they have in common is the speaker’s self-absorption and apathy to others’ suffering. Subjective and contradictory perspectives emerge about the delinquents’ motives and their mother complexes. One year on, a slew of confessions appear, by Naoki’s mother (Yoshino Kimura), suicidal teenage misfit Mizuki (Ai Hashimoto), Naoki and Shuya. Not many commercial films dare to open with a static 25-minute monologue but the air of suspense and ingenuity of the dramatic reversals keep one transfixed. Let’s just say the kids learn it’s no use crying over spilt milk. At 14, they are protected by the law, but Moriguchi settle scores her way. She accuses two students from her class, science prodigy Shuya (Yukito Nishii) and wimpy loner Naoki (Kaoru Fujiwara), of murdering her 5-year-old daughter Manami. She gives a lecture on the value of life but it segues into disclosures about her personal history, which takes an increasingly harrowing turn. “Confessions” begins with teacher Yuko Moriguchi’s (Takako Matsu) farewell speech to a class of rowdy junior high students on the day she quits.
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