Confession of Pain

Confession of Pain

★ 6.3IMDb Score
Released:2006-12-21
Duration:110 min
Director:Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Actors:Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, Xu Jinglei, Chapman To Man-Chat
Production:Sil-Metropole Organisation, Basic Pictures, Bona Film Group, Media Asia Films, Avex Entertainment, Salon Films
Keywords:perfect crime

Overview:

In a city of love and prosperity, a city of lost hope and premature death, veteran detective Hei feels it all: the hurt, the helplessness, the horror. When his father-in-law, the billionaire benefactor Kim, is gruesomely murdered in his palatial mansion, he enlists the assistance of his former partner turned private detective.

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