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TIFF '12 Too long a break from Kurosawa that has resulted in this incredible epic length picture orginally made as a miniseries for Japanese television. A school girl is murdered with 4 young witnesses unable to help in revealing the perpertrator. The overcome mother demands that each will deliver a penance of her choosing in the future. 15 years later we catch up with each young woman episode by episode. continued.