‘Confession’ is a crime thriller film directed by Yoon Jong-seok which released on 26 October 2022 in South Korea. Yoon Jong-seok, the writer and director of ‘Confession’ got the inspiration from the Spanish movie ‘The Invisible Guest’. Featuring So Ji-sub, Kim Yunjin, Hwang Sun-hee, and Nana in the main cast. The South Korean movie discusses the story of a man who gets dragged into the punishment of a locked-room murder case. The prosecutor of the culprit starts his exploration to uncover the truth in the case.
Profile
- Name: Confession
- Genre: Crime, Thriller
- Starring: So Ji-sub, Kim Yunjin, Nana, Hwang Sun-hee
- Director: Yoon Jong-seok
- Cinematography: Kim Seong-jin
- Screenplay by: Yoon Jong-seok
- Production Company: Realize Pictures
- Produced by: Won Dong-yeon, Kim Ji-hong
- Distributed by: Lotte Entertainment
- Edited by: Heo Seon-mi, Jo Han-wool
- Running time: 105 minutes
- Music by: Mowg
- Release dates: 20 March 2022 (FIFF), 26 October 2022 (South Korea)
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Cast
- So Ji-subas Yoo Min-ho
- Kim Yunjin as Yang Shin-ae
- Nanaas Kim Se-hee
- Hong Seo-joon as Jang Tae-soo
- Park Mi-hyun as a hotel receptionist
- Choi Kwang-il as Han Young-seok
- Han Gap-soo as Han Seon-jae
- Hwang Sun-hee
Synopsis
A woman drives her car through the snow-covered road to reach the isolated guest house of Yoo Min-ho, while the police record her journey to the guest house. She has come a long way to meet Min-ho, who hides in his guest house from the media.
Min-ho is a successful CEO of an IT company, and two months ago, police arrested him in a hotel room with the dead body of his ex-mistress, See-hee. The woman who comes to see him is a defence lawyer, Yang Shin-ae, arranged by his company.
Shin-ae travels this far to listen to the truth about the locked-room murder case from the mouth of Min-ho and decide whether to commit the case. Min-ho invites her inside and upon her insistence, he starts to narrate the happenings that led to the murder of Kim See-hee.
For a single-day meeting, Min-ho travels to Busan, and later, he stays with See-hee in the same guesthouse. After receiving a call from his wife, Min-ho suddenly feels guilty about his illicit relationship. While driving back home, Min-ho suggests See-hee to end their relationship, and the unexpected news makes the car go out of her control. Their car hits a rock, which simultaneously causes the car coming opposite them to bump into a rock.
The accident kills Han Seon-jae, the person in the opposite car. Shocked by the accident, See-hee restricts Min-ho from informing the police and makes a quick plan to hide the death. As per her plan, Min-ho leaves the accident site with Seon-jae’s dead body and car, while See-hee stays there.
See-hee on the road is found by a middle-aged man. He takes her and the car to his house and fixes it. While looking around the house, See-hee discovers that he is the father of the dead person. She leaves the house immediately, without further conversation.
However, the police start investigating the missing case of Seon-jae, and they visit Min-ho at his office to inquire about the missing man. One day, Min-ho receives a mail with a voice clip and a photograph inside. The voice in the clip blackmails Min-ho, using his illicit relationship. Therefore, to hide it from society, Min-ho reaches the hotel with the money asked. In the hotel room, See-hee was already waiting. Min-ho concluded his version of the story by saying that he was striked at the back of his head, and when he woke up, he saw See-hee dead.
Shin-ae is still suspicious about his version of the incident and thinks the missing of the man is connected with the death of See-hee. Therefore, she tells Min-ho her assumption of the incident. She says it was the parents of the man who might have trapped them and killed See-hee, framing Min-ho. After confusing Min-ho with this story, Shin-ae says she constructed the fake story only to compel Min-ho to spill the truth from his mouth.
She blames Min-ho for plotting the entire drama of hiding the dead body of the young man and killing See-hee. After the man’s death, See-hee is haunted by guilt. Therefore, See-hee summons Min-ho to the hotel room to convince him. Min-ho thinks his confession affects his family life and prestige. Eventually, Min-ho confessed that he killed See-hee. After listening to the whole story, Shin-ae agrees to take the case.
To escape from the murder cases, Min-ho asks Shin-ae to destroy a wrench. Pointing to a pond on the map, he tells Shin-ae that Seon-jae was still alive when he pushed the car into the lake, but Min-ho killed him using the wrench.
It is at this time, the true identity of Shin-ae is revealed. The woman standing in front of Min-ho is Lee Hee-jung, Seon-jae’s mother. She and Seon-jae’s father abducted the real lawyer to discover the truth about their missing son. Min-ho attacked Lee Hee-jung and called the police, pretending she tried to kill Min-ho. Police arrest Lee Hee-jung and her husband.
Using the details that Min-ho spilled out about the death of Seon-jae, police recovers Seon-jae’s car from the lake, ultimately leading to the arrest of Min-ho.
Theme
The story of ‘Confession’ involves themes like crime, punishment, morality, and psychology. To escape from two murder cases, the CEO of an IT company cooks up a story to convince the law that he is innocent. However, the unexpected plot twist in the movie destroys his plans, revealing his heinous face in front of society.
Awards
- Fantasporto – Oporto International Film Festival 2022
Directors Week – Best Director Award – Yoon Jong-seok
Interesting Facts about Confession
- On 20 March 2022 ‘Confession’ was shown at the 36th Fribourg International Film Festival.
- On 30 April 2022 the Italian version of ‘Confession’ was shown at the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival.
- It was in September 2019 So Ji-sub was confirmed to act in ‘Confession’.
FAQs
- Who is the director of ‘Confession’?
Yoon Jong-seok - When is the movie ‘Confession’ released?
In South Korea ‘Confession’ was released on 26 October 2022. - What is the Instagram ID of So Ji-sub?
@sojisubofficial.
