The idea of drinking the “contaminated” milk was just too much for him. However, they don’t know that.Īs the story unravels, we learn that Naoki has become a shut-in. Drinking milk with HIV infected blood is not a plausible method of transmission. This confession sets the boys into a panic mode. So what does the grieving mother do? She puts blood, HIV infected blood (from her late husband) into the boy’s milk cartons! In addition, she let’s them know that! She wants them to know that she’s aware of what they’ve done to her daughter. The perpetrators are about the learn that they’ve messed with the wrong teacher! The “Contaminated” Milk Incident Luckily for us (the viewers), the story doesn’t end here.

Soon, we learn that the degenerates that killed her daughter are two students from her class: Shuya Watanabe and Naoki Shimomura. Honestly, when I first started to watch I was like - “no, no, no”… After the announcement of the her daughter’s death I was like - “yes, yes, yes”… That might sound terrible, but hey… from this point on things start to get really interesting. So, the whole story is narrated from the perspective of three people: the grieving mother and the two degenerates that killed her daughter.ĭo not judge the film by its first 5 minutes. So what’s the fun? The audience doesn’t know the motive. The identities of the murderers are revealed almost right away. However, Kokuhaku is not your typical thriller. The story is pretty straightforward: a little girl (Manami) dies and her mother (Yuko Moriguchi) seeks revenge. Honestly, it’s one of those films that will make you question things. I finally had the chance to watch Kokuhaku and it blew my mind. Hollywood may be huge, but Asian Cinema is the place where the hidden gems are at. (This post includes a brief plot description and an explanation about the ending of the film Kokuhaku/ Confessions.

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