Dir: Tetsuya Nakashima
2010
**
Visually, Tetsuya Nakashima's 2010 drama Confessions (Kokuhaku) is a beautifully crafted film, the problem is that it feels like it was written by a miserable 12 year old. It has some great scenes; the dancing scene and the explosion at the end but unfortunately the desired effect of the story of a teachers revenge just comes across as stupid and badly written. The kid's acting is awful, it's a Japanese style of acting I know but this film is particularly overacted and forced. The twists and turns aren't as clever as the producers boasted, they are contrived and ridiculous at best. Nothing clever here apart from the cinematography. I wish more Japanese film makers would realise that there is life after High School.
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