

Penance
2013-05-29 · 270 min · ★ 7.1
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.
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- Directors
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Production companies
- WOWOW, Django Film, Nikkatsu Studio
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kyoko KoizumiAsako
Yu AoiSae Kikuchi
Eiko KoikeMaki Shinohara
Sakura AndoAkiko Takano
Chizuru IkewakiYuka Ogawa
Mirai MoriyamaTakahiro Otsuki
Kenji MizuhashiTanabe
Ryo KaseKoji Takano
Tomoharu HasegawaKeita Murakami
Ayumi ItoMayu Murakami
Hirofumi AraiDetective Moriya
Tetsushi TanakaToshio Adachi
Asumi KikuchiYoung Akiko Takano
Kyoka ShibataYoung Yuka Ogawa
Hazuki KimuraEmili Adachi
Chigusa Takaku
Atsuko HirataAunt Yoko
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