Sakura

A woman in Aichi Prefecture is found dead after reporting to the police that she was being stalked, and a local newspaper releases a scandalous story: the officers who were assigned to her case had been ignoring her requests for help while they went on holiday instead. Police PR employee MORIGUCHI Izumi (SUGISAKI Hana) suspects that she may have accidentally provided the press with the story by drunkenly spilling information to a reporter, her best friend TSUMURA Chika (MORITA Kokoro). Chika vehemently denies it. Then a week later, she’s found dead too.

Consumed with guilt, Izumi vows to find the killer. But there is rot lurking within the police force, and in her search for justice Izumi must step up and dive deep into the organisation, unravelling secrets that will take her even to the doors of the highest authorities in Japan’s national intelligence agency.

Director HARA Hiroto pulls back the veil on the inner machinations of the Japanese police force and intelligence agency in this suspenseful and absorbing mystery-thriller.

©2024 SAKURA Film Partners

ある女性がストーカー被害を訴えた後に殺害され、地元新聞が警察の怠慢を暴露する記事を掲載。警察広報担当の森口は、自分が酔って友人の記者に情報を漏らした可能性を疑うが、記者はそれを否定しながら1週間後に命を落とす。罪悪感に苛まれる森口は事件の真相を追ううちに、腐敗した警察組織の現状に直面する。一人の女性が国家情報機関の闇へ迫るミステリー。

(Special thanks to Eikoku News Digest)