Both dramas are about dysfunctional families. Unlike in 0.5 no Otoko where the main issues lie with the MC and the rest of the characters' issues remain as side stories, in Kazoku Game the the tutor dissects the problems of the family members individually as the core of the plot.
Both about men with dark backgrounds getting out of prison and trying to return to a normal life in society, facing brutal challenges along the way.
Both deal with hidden, twisted societies, where seemingly innocent kids behave maliciously. While Confessions is a film in which several characters develop the plot by making confessions from their points of view, in the World of Kanako, former detective Fujishima has to uncover the appalling world of his daughter Kanako layer by layer. Two very dark films executed brilliantly.
