Penance

Penance

270 mins | Drama | May 29, 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.

Penance

270 mins | Drama | May 29, 2013

Penance
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Django Film, WOWOW
Original title 贖罪
Directors Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers Kanae Minato, Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast

Kyoko Koizumi

as Asako

Yu Aoi

as Sae Kikuchi

Eiko Koike

as Maki Shinohara

Sakura Ando

as Akiko Takano

Chizuru Ikewaki

as Yuka Ogawa

Mirai Moriyama

as Takahiro Otsuki

Kenji Mizuhashi

as Tanabe

Ryo Kase

as Koji Takano

Tomoharu Hasegawa

as Keita Murakami

Ayumi Ito

as Mayu Murakami

Hirofumi Arai

as Detective Moriya

Tetsushi Tanaka

as Toshio Adachi

Erika Omata

as Sae Kikuchi (child)

Manatsu Kimura

as Maki Fujiwara (child)

Asumi Kikuchi

as Akiko Takano (child)

Kyoka Shibata

as Yuka Ogawa (child)

Hazuki Kimura

as Emili Adachi

Atsuko Hirata

as Aunt Yoko

Marika Matsumoto

as Kaori

Seika Kuze

as Sae's mother

Hirota Otsuka

as Teacher Maruyama

Kota Yokoyama

as Masayuki Adachi

Kaoru Mizuki

as Maki's mother

Nanaka Fujii

as Wakaba Takano

Kai Inowaki

as Koji Takano (child)

Taro Suwa

as Akiko's father

Hitomi Takahashi

as Akiko's mother

Sae Abe

as Mayu Ogawa

Kenji Uchikura

as Policeman Ando

Miako Tadano

as Suzuhana Aoki

Shirō Shimomoto

as Chikada

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Hiroaki Aoki