It was the criminal case that kept the whole Japanese nation in suspense: In 1989 the 7-year-old schoolgirl Shoko disappeared near Tokyo and her parents later got a phone call from her kidnapper who demanded a ransom of 20 million yen. The girl’s parents did pay the ransom but nonetheless the child’s corpse was discovered short after the handover of the money. Even though the Tokyo police was involved during the whole kidnapping they still haven’t been able to get on to the track of the abductor so that the identity of Shoko’s murderer remained unknown.
Almost 14 years after what became known as the „Six Four“ case there seems to be a new development when the Tokyo police commissioner announces a visit to the victim’s family to pay his respect and bring new attention to Shoko’s fate to show that the police still hasn’t given up its efforts to find her murderer. Press director Mikami who as a young police officer was part of the Six Four investigation gets assigned to organize the commissioner’s visit – and suddenly finds some inconsistencies that might after all these years finally lead to a breakthrough… (mehr …)












