July 1, 2000. British 21-year-old Lucie Blackman goes missing in Tokyo, sparking an international investigation — and an unyielding quest for justice.
Direction
Yamamoto lets silences scream louder than testimony.
Editing
Brutal archival integration — you watch a family fracture in real time.
Director
Hyōe Yamamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The case exposed Japan's 'hostess club' underworld to global scrutiny, where foreign women were exotic commodities — and disposable.
Jake Adelstein, featured here, became the first American journalist in history to work the Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club beat — this case made his name.
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