Penance
God may forgive you, but she never will.
Created by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
On WOWOW Prime
A dark, spiritually-inflected revenge tragedy that interrogates guilt, trauma, and the corrosive power of a mother's curse across a small village's fractured community.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Kyoko Koizumi
Asako Adachi
Mirai Moriyama
Takahiro Otsuki
Yu Aoi
Sae Kikuchi
Eiko Koike
Maki Shinohara
Sakura Ando
Akiko Takano
Chizuru Ikewaki
Yuka Ogawa
Hazuki Kimura
Emiri Adachi
Erika Omata
Sae Kikuchi (child)
Manatsu Kimura
Maki Fujiwara (child)
Asumi Kikuchi
Akiko Takano (child)
Kyoka Shibata
Yuka Ogawa (child)
Ayumi Ito
Mayu Murakami
Like Penance
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Penance
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Penance, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Penance, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Penance, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
