A certain genre : Double Feature Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Penance

Shokuzai

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Double Feature with The Silence of the Lambs

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

2011
Japan
4h33
Fiction
Col.
Japanese with french subtitles - 1h59 and 2h28

The murder of Emili, a young girl, leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emily is found by the four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother Asako (Kyoko Koizumi) is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim that they don't remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do their penance for their silence. Deeply struck by the words of Asako and burdened with her curse, the four girls are forced into adulthood which eventually triggers a tragic chain of events.

Cast
Kyôko Koizumi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yu Aoi, Eiko Koike, Mirai Moriyama, Sakura Ando, Chizuru Ikewaki, Hazuki Kimura
Screenplay
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, d'après le roman de Kanae Minato
Photography
Akiko Ashizawa
Music
Yusuke Hayashi
Editing
Koichi Takahashi
Production
Wowow

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