Kokuhaku
2024 / 74m - Japan
Mystery, Thriller
3.5*/5.0*
Confession poster

Plot: Ji Yong gets seriously injured during a mountain hike. He believes he is going to die, so he confesses the murder of Sayuri to Asai. She was a common friend of them when they were younger. Asai wants to save Ji Yong and manages to get him to a nearby cabin, but then he realizes he might have made himself a target.

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November 17, 2024

3.5*/5.0*

This would've been a perfect late addition to the Duel project (that's Aragami and 2LDK). A fixed location, two people stuck with each other, and an increasingly tense narrative. Confession isn't quite as good as its predecessors, but it's certainly a lot of fun for people who like this kind of thing.

The story is simple enough, but a couple of well-timed revelations and two leads who are becoming increasingly disjointed make an entertaining genre romp. The runtime is perfect, the finale is fitting and Yamashita proves once again that he can just about handle any type of story.