Confessions (Kokuhaku)

[Hesten]

I just got around to watch Confessions (Kokuhaku), a brilliant japanese movie that was on the short list to get nominated for an Oscar this year for the best foreign movie, but it sadly didn't make it to the final list.

The movie is about a schoolteacher whos daughter dies in what the police calls an accident, but she finds out that her daughter was killed by two students from her class. Due to their age, the law can't do anything to them, so she decided to carry out her own plans to get revenge.
The movie is seriously evil, and i rate it second on the revenge movies list, only beaten by Oldboy. Go get this, right now, you won't regret it

And here is the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xBVWXi8 ... re=related

[Winnow]

Thanks for the recommendation. I had an Asian film (non fighting...note: Kwon, don't post images of blood spurting fight scenes) thread going but people didn't seem to take interest.

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