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Season 1 – Penance

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Fifteen years since a girl's unsolved murder, her mother grieves while the four other girls present at the time of the murder, now adults, face consequences for not helping to identify the killer and struggle with other childhood traumas.
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Penance — Season 1

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Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 12/23/2020
"Penance" has its faults, particularly regarding its ending, but it remains a magnificent series, which reaches the highest levels in terms of story, context, and cinema. A must-see. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Penance — Season 1

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Cast & Crew

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Kyôko Koizumi

Asako Adachi

Yû Aoi

Sae Kikuchi

Eiko Koike

Maki Shinohara

Sakura Andô

Akiko Takano

Chizuru Ikewaki

Yuka Ogawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 8, 2012 The French Doll Tragedy strikes when a stranger murders Emili and the trail goes cold after the other girls present at the scene of the crime -- Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuka -- can't remember the killer's face; 15 years later, a now-adult Sae gets a surprise visitor. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 15, 2012 Emergency PTA Meeting Maki, now a teacher, trains in self-defense techniques to combat her overall sense of helplessness; when an attacker arrives at her school, Maki jumps into action to confront him, triggering a chain of unforeseen repercussions. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 22, 2012 Brother and Sister Bear Akiko lives a reclusive life at home, but things change when her brother Koji moves back home from Tokyo with his wife and stepdaughter, Wakaba; as Akiko forms a bond with Wakaba, she notices signs of a strange relationship between the girl and Koji. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 29, 2012 Ten Months Ten Days Yuka, a successful proprietor of a flower shop, feels intense jealousy of her older sister, Mayu, who marries a kindly policeman named Keita; Yuka's latent childhood trauma emerges and she concocts a plan to seduce him. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 5, 2012 Atonement Fifteen years since the murder of her daughter, Asako continues to deal with grief and resentment; she receives a vital new clue to the identity of Emili's killer and sets out to find him, winding up in an unexpected location from her past. Details

Season Info

Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Screenwriter
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date
Jan 8, 2012