Penance
2013The 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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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 Young Sae Kikuchi
Manatsu Kimura
as Young Maki Fujiwara
Asumi Kikuchi
as Young Akiko Takano
Kyoka Shibata
as Young Yuka Ogawa
Hazuki Kimura
as Emili Adachi
Chigusa Takaku
Atsuko Hirata
as Aunt Yoko
Marika Matsumoto
as Kaori
Shoko Takada
Seika Kuze
as Sae's Mother
Narushi Ikeda
Kazuaki Shimizu
Hirota Otsuka
as Teacher Maruyama
Jyonmyon Pe
Kota Yokoyama
as Masayuki Adachi
Kaoru Mizuki
as Maki's Mother
Kyūsaku Shimada
Chika Uchida
Nanaka Fujii
as Wakaba Takano
Kai Inowaki
as Young Koji Takano
Tarō Suwa
as Akiko's Father
Hitomi Takahashi
as Akiko's Mother
Sae Abe
as Mayu Ogawa
Kenji Uchikura
as Policeman Ando
Michi Yamamura
Masaaki Akahori
Miako Tadano
as Suzuhana Aoki
Shirō Shimomoto
as Chikada
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Hiroaki Aoki