Tragedy strikes when young 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. The crime goes unsolved. Fifteen years later, Sae is paid a surprise visit on her wedding day.

Japanese master of the macabre Kiyoshi Kurosawa brings his incantatory gift for creeping dread to the small screen with this sinuous miniseries. An eerie, pungently atmospheric interrogation of historical trauma, Penance is a devastating psychological thriller that ratchets up tension from the jump.