Penance Part 2

  • Shokuzai 贖罪
  • Japan 2012, HDcam, 300 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Director: Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
  • Script: Kiyoshi KUROSAWA after a novel by Kanae MINATO
  • Production: Django Film, WOWOW Inc
  • Director of Photography: Akiko ASHIZAWA
  • Music: Yusuke HAYASHI
  • World Sales: Free Stone Productions
  • Actors: Kyoko KOIZUMI, Teruyuki KAGAWA, Yu AOI, Eiko KOIKE, Sakura ANDO
  • Part 1: Friday, June 7, 12:00 p.m. Naxoshalle Kino
  • Part 2: Friday, June 7, 2:15 p.m. Naxoshalle Kino
  • Part 1: Sunday, June 9, 12:00 p.m. Mal Seh'n Kino
  • Part 2: Sunday, June 9, 2:30 p.m. Mal Seh'n Kino

www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/shokuzai/

This TV mini-series is based on a novel by CONFESSIONS-author Kanae MINATO. It is the shocking portrayal of tragic events as seen from the viewpoints of five women, revealing the poison and darkness lurking in the human heart – effortlessly weaving elements of revenge film, horror fantasy and family drama into an emotionally shattering effect.

DIRECTOR BIO
Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, born in 1955 in Kobe, started his career as an assistant director for Shinji SOMAI, among others. His international breakthrough came with CURE (1997). For TOKYO SONATA, he was awarded the Prix Un Certain Regard 2008 in Cannes. KUROSAWA also works as a professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

FILMOGRAPHY
1983 Kandagawa Wars (Kandagawa Inran Senso); 1989 Sweet Home; 1997 Cure; 1999 Charisma; 2001 Pulse (Kairo); 2005 Loft (NC '06); 2006 Retribution (Sakebi); 2008 Tokyo Sonata (NC '09); 2013 Real

 

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