Long synopsis : A massacre initiated by the followers of an apocalyptic religious sect, the Ark of Truth, leaves more than a hundred people dead - including the self-appointed executioners, slain by fellow cult members. Three years pass. On the anniversary of the slaughter, four friends who lost loved ones in the tragedy seek solace by journeying to the secluded lake where it all began. They encounter a man who was with the executioners until the very moment the killing began, and their pilgrimage takes a strange, unexpected turn.

Cast

• Susumu Makoto Terajima, Yusuke Masahu Iseya, Atsushi Arata, Tadanobu Sakata Asano, Natsukawa Kiyoka Yui

Crew

• Director(s): Kore-eda Hirokazu
• Screenplay: Kore-eda Hirokazu

• Genre(s): Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller


• Production company: TV MAN UNION, ENGINE FILM, IMAGICA CORP, CINE ROCKET
• Production date: 2001
• Language: Japanese
• Duration: 132 min
• Image Ratio: 1.66

• Festival de Cannes 2001 - Competition
  
• Toronto International Film Festival 2001
  
• Munich International Film Festival 2001
  
• Viennale International Film Festival 2004
  
• Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2004
  
• Melbourne International Film Festival 2007
  
• Sitges Film Festival 2001
  
• International Film Festival Rotterdam 2002
  
• Edinburgh International Film Festival 2003