Confessions

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I think we regular people may have forgotten a basic truth―we don't really have the right to judge anyone else.” It’s the last day of term, and Yuko’s last day at work. She tells her students that she has resigned because of what happened – but not for the reasons they think. In 2022, American filmmaker Michael Mann listed the film in his top ten favorites for the Sight and Sound poll. [8] Awards and nominations [ edit ] Confessions is an amazing Japanese novel and definitely deserves the four stars; on my grading scale, I give it an A- and will definitely recommend it to anyone who needs a dose of revenge in his/her life! :) Story consists of six different narratives, all linked to the murderer or people who knew the murderer. So all the six different people brought something unique with their storytelling. Some told how they knew the murderer and how these events effected them. And then there were those two twisted students who were at the center of all this. Every confession hit me differently, some made me angry, some sad, and others made me want to strangle someone.

The world you live in is much bigger than that. If the place in which you find yourself is too painful, I say you should be free to seek another, less painful place of refuge. There is no shame in seeking a safe place. I want you to believe that somewhere in this wide world there is a place for you, a safe haven.”

Confessions

A modo de despedida de sus alumnos seremos testigos de acusaciones que nos dejarán sin aliento en más de una ocasión. Y es que Moriguchi tiene razones de sobra para pensar que la muerte de su hija no fue accidental. Each has their own motives and their own views on the situation at large. What they choose to do in these situations is entirely individual to the character. the book discussed various themes like - role of teachers in society, intense bullying, minor criminals and law aganist them. well, the narrative style of this is one i immediately didnt connect with. which is such a shame because i love a good old fashion revenge story. Children are not the lovable innocent little people we often perceive them to be. They too are capable of many horrific acts of cruelty, none more so than those mentioned in Confessions.

Takako Matsue (of The Hidden Blade and Villon's Wife fame) plays a schoolteacher whose young daughter was murdered by students identified in her class. Rather than challenging the judge's verdict and knowing jolly well that a juvenile is protected by the law against capital punishment, the plan she devices is so devious that it turns the class upside down turning classmates against the guilty, and yet still hitting them where it hurts most, slowly observing and scheming any exploited weaknesses. Probably the best strategy anyone can adopt when dealing with unspeakable evil, and it is this execution of her plan that forms the remainder of the film told from different perspectives in confessional style (hence the title), where a deeper character study gets presented, while smartly fusing social observations about the restlessness of today's misguided teenagers in wanting recognition and being one up against their peers. The sections move the story forward, even as each character in turn also revisits the past, offering their own account of some of the events that look very different to some of these eyes. Yuko Moriguchi’s revenge was dark, twisted and messed up. Moriguchi takes the law into her own hands knowing that the juvenile justice system will not let the kids face criminal prosecution. It was poetic how the revenge was her last lesson to her students, teaching them that regardless of age, criminals should be punished and must live with the consequences. The English edition of Minato's Confessions, published in August 2014, was described by a critic as "the Gone Girl of Japan." [8]a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Lynn, Matt (2017-02-15). "Review of Kanae Minato's novel Confessions". Matt Lynn Digital . Retrieved 2023-04-10. One of those true crime reads that would keep you hooked even though you seem to know everything what happened. Confessions (original title: Kokuhaku), trans. Stephen Snyder ( Mulholland Books, 2014) ISBN 9780316200929, OCLC 883146317

even though the execution wasnt my favourite, i did actually enjoy the essence of the story. i thought the motives were interesting and the effects of the characters actions intriguing. i just wish it had been told in 3rd person with a more traditional linear narration. oh well. :/ Donde el debate sobre la ley del menor, la violencia, la venganza y la capacidad de redimirse, se unen en un complejo cóctel de emociones. The author was very successful in setting up an eerie atmosphere. Actually it’s on the verge from being eerie to creepy. All thanks to our amazing author for writing this book so brilliantly. But doing something good or remarkable isn't easy. It's much easier to condemn people who do the wrong thing than it is to do the right thing yourself.”

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I listened to this book and the chapters are narrated in alternating voices and I enjoyed the narrator very much. What a riveting opening and explosive ending! Pun appropriately intended. The whole first part (of six) is just so gripping to the point where I can easily see myself totally go pass my stop if I was listening on my commute. The middle parts are also really good but nothing beats that opening and ending chapters: intense, creepy and evil. News: Arrietty Wins Japan Academy's Animation of the Year". Anime News Network. 18 February 2011 . Retrieved 18 February 2011.

Naoki Shimomura, Student B, becomes a shut-in because he believes he has contracted AIDS from drinking the contaminated milk. His mother realizes her son was involved in Manami's death and decides to commit murder-suicide to free both of them from their torment. However, in the ensuing struggle, Naoki kills his mother and the police arrest him. Meanwhile, Shuya explains that his mother abused him before leaving to pursue her scientific career. Her abandonment drove him to thrive in science, from making small inventions to recording his killing and dissecting of animals. De hecho, en un principio me estaba decepcionando tener que encontrarme con que había motivos para que los personajes hicieran un acto tan bestial, pero luego, me encantó precisamente que mostrara la inmoralidad de los pequeños y como no les importaban sus actos siempre y cuando esto representa seguir con sus planes, los cuales tienen un motivo de peso según su visión. Lo cierto es que mientras que para uno de ellos es una simple travesura que se convierte más pronto que tarde en el móvil de un verdadero asesinato; para el otro si que es un asesinato en un principio por su propia búsqueda de apoyo emocional. Al final solo quedará la culpabilidad del primero e irónicamente el absoluto fracaso del otro. Before anything else there is also a movie version of this book which I prefer more because that movie is literally art. The tragedy that is at the heart of the novel is the death of a four-year-old girl, Manami, the daughter of middle-school-teacher and single mother Yūki Moriguchi (and one of the things about the novel that can be hard to take is that the child's death is described repeatedly; the variations don't make it any more tolerable). One of those true cri

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The predominant cast of teenagers also performed their roles admirably since one can imagine the kind of thought process they have to go through to play characters who are basically mentally unsound for doing what they did, and frankly these aren't things that are far fetched given notable crimes committed by juveniles here too. The violence can be unsettling here for those with weak stomachs, not so much whether there's plenty of gore put on screen, but psychologically when you're made to crawl under the perpetrators' skins seeing things from their viewpoints. Wall Street Journal selected Confessions as one of the 10 best mysteries of 2014. [9] Works in English translation [ edit ] when you tell a young person something with all the authority of a teacher, you actually risk amplifying the trouble.” El abandono, el querer reconocimiento, el querer encajar, el ideal de familia, el dolor, la pérdida, el fanatismo o la obsesión, la venganza, y más, son los temas que veremos en esta novela. My only complaint is that the retelling of the same story became less interesting after five times...