
Feature film — 2013
Penance (2013)
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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A high-signal pick with 44 votes.
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Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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