Confession of Pain

Dec 21, 2006

1h 50m

★ 6.3

The heart is a lonely hunter...

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.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Sil-Metropole Organisation

Basic Pictures

Bona Film Group

Media Asia Films

Avex Entertainment

Salon Films

Shaw Brothers

Confession of Pain Trailers

Cast

Lau Ching-Hei

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Yau Kin-Bong

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Hung

Shu Qi

Susan Chow

Xu Jinglei

Tsui Wing-Kwong

Chapman To Man-Chat

Uncle Man

Vincent Wan Yeung-Ming

Chow Yuen-Sing

Elliot Ngok Wah

Rachel

Emme Wong Yi-Man

Lai Sun-Wah

Ricky Chan Po-Yuen

Spicy Girl

Ankie Beilke

Policeman

Geoffrey Wong Chi-Hung

Policeman

Shaun Tam Chun-Yin

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