Penance
“God may forgive you, but she never will.”
2013•4h 30m•7.1•Released
Drama
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Languages
Japanese
Studio
WOWOW
Cast
Kyoko Koizumi
Asako
Yu Aoi
Sae Kikuchi
Eiko Koike
Maki Shinohara
Sakura Ando
Akiko Takano
Chizuru Ikewaki
Yuka Ogawa
Mirai Moriyama
Takahiro Otsuki
Kenji Mizuhashi
Tanabe
Ryo Kase
Koji Takano
Tomoharu Hasegawa
Keita Murakami
Ayumi Ito
Mayu Murakami
Hirofumi Arai
Detective Moriya
Tetsushi Tanaka
Toshio Adachi
Erika Omata
Young Sae Kikuchi
Manatsu Kimura
Young Maki Fujiwara
Asumi Kikuchi
Young Akiko Takano
Production
Company
WOWOW
Company
Django Film
Company
Nikkatsu Studio
Producer
Nobuhiro Iizuka
Producer
Tomomi Takashima
Producer
Yumi Arakawa
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