Penance

About Penance

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.

Penance is a crime and mystery series that ran on WOWOW Prime. Its themes are trauma, kidnapping, rape, and child abuse.

It ran for one season of 5 episodes between January 2012 and February 2012.

Kyoko Koizumi leads the cast as Asako Adachi, Yu Aoi as Sae Kikuchi, Eiko Koike as Maki Shinohara, and Sakura Ando as Akiko Takano. The series began as a novel. Produced by Django Film.

In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and AMC+. 13 Reasons Why, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, and Until I Kill You make useful companions to Penance, all filed under guilt and sexual abuse.