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Confessions

1 season

A slow-burning, emotionally heavy crime drama that traces the long shadows of a single traumatic event across decades.

Created by
Wong Ching-Po
Genres
Crime
Starring
Ethan Juan, Gingle Wang, Simon Hsueh
Overview
In 2004 Taipei, a shocking bombing-kidnapping case streaked across the night like a meteor, shattering the lives of three seemingly unrelated families. This merciless line of fate cuts across twenty long years, unearthing buried grievances and entanglements that span two generations.

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Created by
Wong Ching-Po
Genres
Crime
Starring
Ethan Juan, Gingle Wang, Simon Hsueh
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • trauma
  • family
  • guilt
  • memory
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime
Created by
Wong Ching-Po
Written by
Wong Ching-Po
Starring
Ethan Juan, Gingle Wang, Simon Hsueh, Nikki Hsieh, Chen Yi-wen, Alyssa Chia Ching-Wen, Joseph Chang Hsiao-Chuan, Vivian Sung Yun-hua
Length
1 seasons, 1 episodes
Network
Netflix, Youku
Country
Taiwan
Languages
Mandarin

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