Rebirth

Movie: Rebirth (English title) / The Eight Day (literal title)

Romaji: Youkame no Semi

Japanese: 八日目の蝉

Director: Izuru Narushima

Writer: Mitsuyo Kakuta (novel), Satoko Okudera

Producer: Naoki Sato, Yoichi Arishige, Naoko Yoshida

Cinematographer: Junichi Fujisawa

Release Date: April 29, 2011

Runtime: 147 min.

Genre: Drama / Suspense

Distributor: Shochiku

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Plot:
A woman named Kiwako (Hiromi Nagasaku) abducts a baby from a man whom she has had an affair with. For four years Kiwako raises the child as her own until she is arrested. The child named Erina is then returned to her birth parents, but she can't find peace. As an adult, Erina (Mao Inoue) also becomes involved with a married man and becomes pregnant. To confront her past, Erina goes to Shodoshima where she lived with Kiwako as a child. There Erina discovers a shocking truth and is forced to make a decision ...

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