The Ravine of Goodbye

The Ravine of Goodbye

It is love or punishment?

Directed by Tatsushi Ōmori

Produced by Stardust Pictures, Phantom Film

2013116 min6.2 / 10

A dark, morally ambiguous drama centered on a child's death and the tangled romantic and criminal entanglements that surround it.

In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information was provided by the neighbor's lover Kanako.

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