
Film / Reviews Jun 4, 2020
‘Forgiven Children’: No clear-cut truths to a child’s crimes
by Mark Schilling
Bullying is an evergreen theme of Japanese films centered on teens, with the focus typically on the victims. But in "Forgiven Children," Eisuke Naito’s clear-eyed, hard-hitting drama, a bullying incident results in a death that ruins the lives of the perpetrator and his family. Based ...