117 minutes
9/17/2005
Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible family bloodbath, a girl who grows up to be a pretty college student. The second person affected by this heinous crime is the daughter of the murderer, a young girl who ends up becoming a tattooed bartender. A full decade after the crime, the killer is finally going to be executed, and the surviving member of the massacre decides to reach out and befriend the murderer's daughter. A tentative, odd sort of friendship blossoms between these two people, both of whom seem to have little in common personally, and every reason in the world for not wanting to meet. Yet they do, but not without reservations. And really, is this friendship quite what it seems? Or is it all part of some twisted plan for vengeance?
Rina Uchiyama
as Kanako Akiba
Asami Mizukawa
as Miho Totsuka
Fumiyo Kohinata
as Yukihiko Akiba
Naoto Ogata
as Norio Totsuka
Asahi Uchida
as Akira Nakagaki
Takashi Tsukamoto
as Takumi Watanabe
Maki Horikita
as Yukihiko Akiba - Young
Mitsuru Hirata
as Koichi Shiina
Yoko Minamino
as Jitsuko Ihara
Yoshiko Tanaka
as Kayo Saiko
Yoko Shimada
as Dr. Tanaka
Ichirō Ogura
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kouichi Hanagasaki
Toshie Negishi
Yoriko Doguchi