The Ravine of Goodbye

North American Premiere

Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Shuichi Yoshida. The body of a child is found near the house of a seemingly ordinary couple: Shunsuke (Shima Onishi, the limbless soldier in Caterpillar) and Kanako Ozaki (star actress Yoko Maki). The baby’s mother Satomi Tachibana (Anne Suzuki) is arrested as the prime suspect, but it doesn’t take long for the police to consider Shunsuke a person of interest: Satomi claims she was having an affair with him. Looking into the case, weekly tabloid reporter Watanabe (Nao Omori) digs up more dirt and finds out another shocking crime in Shunsuke’s past. Fifteen years ago, when he was in college, Shunsuke was involved in the gang rape of a woman….

Japan. 2013. 117 min. HD CAM, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Tatsushi Omori. With Yoko Maki, Shima Onishi, Nao Omori, Anne Suzuki, Jyo Hyuga, Arata, Hirofumi Arai.

18+ This film is unrated, but may only be viewed by persons 18 years of age and older.

Moscow IFF Special Jury Prize Winner

Part of JAPAN CUTS 2013

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