In a small town near Tokyo, a girl is kidnapped and murdered. Fourteen years later, a year before the statute of limitations expires, the Commissioner General of Police plans to pay a visit to the grieving father and apologize for the fact that the culprit was never found. The visit of a high-ranking official rouses the police department and forces everyone involved in the investigation to return to the old case. Suddenly, there is another kidnapping—this time of a young woman—and the culprit repeats the case from fourteen years ago exactly…