“The French Doll”
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa • 2012 • Japan
Starring Kyoko Koizumi, Hazuki Kimura, Manatsu Kimura
Tragedy strikes when Emili is shockingly murdered by a mysterious stranger. The other four girls present at the scene of the crime—Sae, Maki, Akiko, and Yuka—are unable to remember the killer’s face, and the crime goes unsolved. Fifteen years later, a now-adult Sae is paid a surprise visit on her wedding day.
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PENANCE: Episode 2
“Emergency PTA Meeting”
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa • 2012 • Japan
Starring Kyoko Koizumi, Hazuki Kimura, Manatsu KimuraMaki is now a relentlessly strict teacher at an elementary school and trains in self-defense techniques in her off-time to combat her overall sense of helplessness. When an ...
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PENANCE: Episode 3
“Brother and Sister Bear”
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa • 2012 • Japan
Starring Kyoko Koizumi, Hazuki Kimura, Manatsu KimuraAkiko has withdrawn from society and lives a reclusive life at home. But things change when her brother Koji moves back home from Tokyo with his wife and stepdaughter. As ...
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PENANCE: Episode 4
“Ten Months Ten Days”
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa • 2012 • Japan
Starring Kyoko Koizumi, Hazuki Kimura, Manatsu KimuraWhen Yuka was a child, her mother always favored her sickly older sister, Mayu. Now the successful proprietor of a flower shop, Yuka is still consumed by jealousy. When Mayu m...
