Penalty Loop

When IWAMORI Jun’s (WAKABA Ryuya) girlfriend is murdered, he takes it upon himself to get revenge. With careful planning and calculated precision, he murders the perpetrator, MIZOGUCHI (ISEYA Yusuke), throws the body in a lake, and goes home satisfied. Until he wakes up the next morning… and finds himself back at the start of the last 24 hours. His girlfriend’s killer is alive again.

Once more, Jun kills MIZOGUCHI, but the next morning is the same. And the next. No matter how many times Jun exacts his murderous revenge, he’s stuck in a loop living the same day forever. And as he grapples with his hunger for justice, his twisted cat-and-mouse chase with MIZOGUCHI grows ever more absurd, and a bizarre relationship forms between the two of them.

Director ARAKI Shinji blends gripping mystery, bloody revenge, dark comedy and sharp psychological drama in this unpredictable, wildly original take on a familiar time loop premise.

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素性不明の男に恋人の唯を殺された岩森は、自らの手で男に復讐することを決意する。ところが綿密な計画を立てて殺害を実行したものの、翌朝目覚めると周囲の様子は昨日と全く同じで、殺したはずの男も生きている。これに気付いた岩森は戸惑いながらも復讐を繰り返すが、何度殺しても時間がループしまた同じ日に戻ってしまい……。正義への執着が織りなすミステリー。

(Special thanks to Eikoku News Digest)