Hong Kong Synopsis
傷城
“The heart is a lonely hunter…”
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.
The 2005–2007 Hong Kong Window
41 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Confession of Pain sits at position #19.
Other Titles From Media Asia Film
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Confession of Pain premiered. 146 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #372 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Crime productions specifically: #95 of 167 (top 57%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
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| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Media Asia Film, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Basic Pictures, Beijing Poly-bona Film Publishing Company |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | December 21, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0834902 |