Penance
Shokuzai
2012, Series, 270 min, Crime, Drama, Horror, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 68
God may forgive you, but she never will.
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.
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast
- Kyôko Koizumi as Asako Adachi
- Hazuki Kimura as Emiri Adachi
- Manatsu Kimura as young Maki
- Kyôka Shibata as young Yuka
- Asumi Kikuchi as young
- Chizuru Ikewaki as Mayu's sister
- Erika Komata as young Sae
- Eiko Koike as Teacher
- Ayumi Ito as Yuka's elder sister
- Ryô Kase as Koji
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