Penance (2012)

01/08/2012 (JP) • 1h 1m

Drama, Mystery, Crime

God may forgive you, but she never will.

Overview

The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.

Top Billed Cast

Kyoko Koizumi

Asako Adachi

5 Episodes

Yu Aoi

Sae Kikuchi

5 Episodes

Eiko Koike

Maki Shinohara

5 Episodes

Sakura Ando

Akiko Takano

5 Episodes

Chizuru Ikewaki

Yuka Ogawa

5 Episodes

Hazuki Kimura

Emiri Adachi

5 Episodes

Erika Omata

Sae Kikuchi (child)

5 Episodes

Manatsu Kimura

Maki Fujiwara (child)

5 Episodes

Asumi Kikuchi

Akiko Takano (child)

5 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2012 | 5 Episodes

Season 1 of Penance premiered on January 8, 2012.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

japan

child abuse

rape

sexual abuse

based on novel or book

kidnapping

trauma

investigation

revenge

murder

guilt

traumatic experience

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