Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Born: June 19, 1998
in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Suzu Hirose (広瀬 すず Hirose Suzu, born 19 June 1998 in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka) is a Japanese actress and model.

Hirose performed the role of Suzu Asano, the titular little sister, in Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2015 live action adaptation of the manga Umimachi diary, originally written and illustrated by Mangaka Akimi Yoshida. In Our Little Sister she stars as a football playing teenager who gets adopted into the Kamakura home of her elder half-sisters after the death of their alienated father. The Kouda sisters first meet her at the funeral in the town where he settled for his second marriage. The film was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or enabling Hirose to attend the Cannes Film Festival. For her performance as Suzu she was awarded the Japan Academy Prize for "Newcomer of the Year" and received the "Best New Actress" award from Kinema Junpo, among other accolades. Hirose and Koreeda collaborated again for The Third Murder.

In March 2016 Hirose first appeared as a competitive karuta and Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poetry obsessed high school student in part one of Norihiro Koizumi's (小泉徳宏 Koizumi Norihiro) Awesome film series, performing the lead role of Chihaya Ayase in his big-screen, live-action, adaptation of cartoonist Yuki Suetsugu's comic strip, better known in English under its romanised Japanese title Chihayafuru. Her performance in the first part, poetically titled Chihayafuru: Kami no ku, or "upper phrase" was followed in a second part, titled Shimo no ku, in April that same year and earned her "Best Actress" nominations. Hirose reprised her role in a third part, titled Chihayafuru: Musubi, the conclusion of the film trilogy, for which principal photography wrapped in June 2017 and which is scheduled for release in Japanese theatres in Heisei 30, the following year.

Movies for Suzu Hirose...

Kyrie
Title: Kyrie
Character: Itsuko Ichijo / Maori
Released: October 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.
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At the Bench : Episode 1 Remnants
Title: At the Bench : Episode 1 Remnants
Character: Riko
Released: September 30, 2023
Type: Movie
The fist episode of the anthology film which is centered around a particular bench. Two childhood friends meet to reminisce about a park which was recently demolished to make way for a daycare center.
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The Water Flows to the Sea
Title: The Water Flows to the Sea
Character: Chisa Sakaki
Released: June 9, 2023
Type: Movie
High school student Naotatsu travels to live at his uncle's house. In the pouring rain, he is picked up at the nearest station by a strange adult woman named Sakaki who guides him to an unexpected share house where a life together begins.
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Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
Title: Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
Character: Mikami Anna
Released: March 31, 2023
Type: Movie
Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, but he has a secret. He is actually a lousy detective and relies on the genius skills of his assistant Anna Mikami to solve cases. Their partnership continues.
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Title: Hold My Hand at Twilight
Character: Asagi Soramame
Released: January 17, 2023
Type: TV
Having spent her entire life in the remote Japanese countryside, Asagi Soramame takes a giant leap of faith when she decides to follow her childhood friend and fiancé to Tokyo. But life in the big city quickly proves to be nothing as she imagined. Struggling to find her place in this big new world, Asagi’s life takes an interesting detour when she meets an aspiring musician, Oto Umino.
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Wandering
Title: Wandering
Character: Kanai Sarasa
Released: May 13, 2022
Type: Movie
In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next two months in peace.
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Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Title: Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Character: Ume Tsuda
Released: March 5, 2022
Type: Movie
Tsuda Umeko was born in December 31, 1864 and became a pioneer in women's eductation. In 1871, Tsuda Umeko, with her father's recommendation, went to the United States to study at the age of 6. She was the youngest of the group of females to travel there. They were the first Japanese female students to study overseas at their government's expense. 11 years after studying in the United States, Tsuda Umeko returns to Japan. She wants to become a woman who is helpful to her culture, but she is shocked by the low status of women in Japan. (Source: AsianWiki)
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A Morning of Farewell
Title: A Morning of Farewell
Character: Mayo Hoshino
Released: May 21, 2021
Type: Movie
Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and staff Seiji. Seiji, who worked with Sawako at the university hospital, followed her and works with her again. Mahoroba Clinic provides home healthcare to patients. Sawako visits the patients' homes and provides treatment there. At first, she has a hard time due to the different system. She becomes acclimated to the different system and finds a way to deal with the patients, their lives, and their families. --asianwiki
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Title: Nemesis
Character: Mikami Anna
Released: April 11, 2021
Type: TV
Kazama Naoki is a crack detective at the private investigation firm Nemesis in Yokohama. He has a brilliant mind like Sherlock Holmes and solves every difficult case. But the true detective is actually his talented assistant Mikami Anna. The two of them, who make quite an odd duo, are searching for Anna’s father Hajime. He is a scientist and went missing all of a sudden. Together with Kurita Kazuaki, the owner of Nemesis who is Hajime’s good friend, Anna and Kazama seek clues to his disappearance. As they take on one puzzling trick-ridden case after another, they seem to find a hint related to her father each time that brings about a new riddle. Then they learn that the key to solving the mystery of his disappearance is a 20-year-old incident that has been buried in darkness. What Anna does not yet realize is that both Kazama and Kurita are connected to this incident.
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Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Title: Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Character: No-hime (Nobunaga's wife)
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory, now in Aichi Prefecture Nagoya City area, was the leader Nobunaga of this surprising burst of death. After the war, the Imagawa clan who originally dominated the Tokaido region fell away, and the victorious Oda Nobunaga quickly expanded his power in Central Japan and the Kinki region, laying the foundation for his future control of the central government of Japan.
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Air Girl
Title: Air Girl
Character: Sano Komari
Released: March 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot and her parents died during the bombing of Tokyo. Komari Sano became an orphan and lived with her aunt. Her aunt ran a ryotei (high end traditional restaurant). After the war, all aerial activities were initially banned in Japan. After long negotiations with the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, Sizuo Matsuki, who is the security chief of Civil Aviation Bureau, finally launched Japan's civil aviation. Komari Sano applies for the position of a cabin attendant.
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Title: An no Lyric -Sakuragi An, Haiku Hajimetemimashita-
Character: An Sakuragi
Released: February 27, 2021
Type: TV
An Sakuragi is a college student with no friends, she enjoys admiring "words" on her neighborhood bulletin board and anonymously writing rap lyrics. At that very moment, while singing to herself she utters a lyric and ends up being approached by Renjou Subaru, a man who works at a major advertising agency.
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The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
Title: The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
Character: Diaochan
Released: December 11, 2020
Type: Movie
A new interpretation of "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which is historical text of the three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu in China.
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
Released: November 14, 2020
Type: Movie
Coin Laundry Story: Hashimoto Manabu is a temporary worker who has been laid off and has no choice but to live on part-time work. One day, he finishes washing his work clothes at a coin laundry and is about to put it into a dryer but the dryer just will not start. .. Story: Tatemoto Masako works for Shinwa Stationery’s General Affairs Department. She seems to be a typical office staff but she possesses a strange ability to manipulate people using the power of words.. Imaginary Friend Story: Harada Saki is a university student majoring in clinical psychology. At a lecture, she learns about imaginary friends created by a figment of imagination. It is said to be most common for those who are an only child or the eldest son or daughter. ... Update Kazoku Story: Three generations of the Kurosaki family live together under one roof. But they have not been a happy for a long time and the scene when they eat breakfast as a family has changed into a savage one....
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Title: Living
Released: May 30, 2020
Type: TV
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Not Quite Dead Yet
Title: Not Quite Dead Yet
Character: Nanase Nobata
Released: March 20, 2020
Type: Movie
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
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Last Letter
Title: Last Letter
Character: Ayumi / Young Misaki
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: Movie
It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
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Lupin III: The First
Title: Lupin III: The First
Character: Laetitia (voice)
Released: December 6, 2019
Type: Movie
The iconic "gentleman thief" Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and his colorful underworld companions race to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Bresson Diary, before it falls into the hands of a dark cabal that will stop at nothing to resurrect the Third Reich.
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Title: Natsuzora
Character: Okuhara Natsu
Released: April 1, 2019
Type: TV
Okuhara Natsu was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo, takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo who draws lovely pictures of horses. Tenyo tells her that in America, animation in which pictures move is becoming popular, Natsu’s curiosity is piqued. Upon graduating high school, Natsu goes to Tokyo to look up her brother, and takes a jump into the world of animation.
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Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Title: Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Character: Young Nami
Released: August 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.
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Laplace's Witch
Title: Laplace's Witch
Character: Madoka Uhara
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: Movie
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
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Chihayafuru: Part III
Title: Chihayafuru: Part III
Character: Chihaya Ayase
Released: March 17, 2018
Type: Movie
Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.
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Title: Chihayafuru: Connect
Character: Ayase Chihaya
Released: February 20, 2018
Type: TV
This series connects the story of the second movie, "Chihayafuru Part II", with the third movie, "Chihayafuru Part III".
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Title: anone
Character: Harika Tsujisawa
Released: January 10, 2018
Type: TV
A solitary young woman and a lonely widow make a tentative connection as a pile of fake money brings trouble to their lives and newcomers to their town.
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My Teacher
Title: My Teacher
Character: Hibiki Shimada
Released: October 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high-school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day she realizes she's fallen in love with her hot and nice 26-year-old teacher, Itō. She then takes a path to make her teacher understand how she feels for him.
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The Third Murder
Title: The Third Murder
Character: Sakie Yamanaka
Released: September 9, 2017
Type: Movie
A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
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Fireworks
Title: Fireworks
Character: Nazuna Oikawa (voice)
Released: August 18, 2017
Type: Movie
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
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Let's Go, Jets!
Title: Let's Go, Jets!
Character: Hikari Tomonaga
Released: March 11, 2017
Type: Movie
Female students, including Hikari Tomonaga, from a high school cheerdance club follow strict instructions from their teacher Kaoruko Saotome. They compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship.
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Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Izumi Komiya
Released: September 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.
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Your Lie in April
Title: Your Lie in April
Character: Kaori Miyazono
Released: September 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
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Chihayafuru: Part II
Title: Chihayafuru: Part II
Character: Chihaya Ayase
Released: April 29, 2016
Type: Movie
After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
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Chihayafuru: Part I
Title: Chihayafuru: Part I
Character: Chihaya Ayase
Released: March 19, 2016
Type: Movie
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.
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Title: The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO
Character: Mao Takasugi(高杉 真央)
Released: January 16, 2016
Type: TV
Yamaneko is notoriously elusive, but wherever he shows up, enormous amounts of money gets stolen. Evidence of the audacious crime is left scattered all over the place. In every episode, Yamaneko the hero thief throws a splash of “rotten justice” in your face. Pretentiously calling himself a “genius thief,” Yamaneko is arrogant and acts like he's the king of the world. Everything he does is bold and daring, but he remains elusive. There is indeed no match for Yamaneko. He goes by one creed alone—“I will steal but I won’t deprive.” Why does he steal? Just what is he all about?
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Title: Utafukuyama
Released: October 4, 2015
Type: TV
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The Boy and the Beast
Title: The Boy and the Beast
Character: Kaede (voice)
Released: July 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
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Our Little Sister
Title: Our Little Sister
Character: Suzu Asano
Released: June 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Upon the death of their estranged father, three sisters invite their 13-year-old half sister to live with them.
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Title: The Girl's Speech
Character: Tsubame Haruna
Released: January 9, 2015
Type: TV
Haruna Tsubame, an inconspicuous high school girl, is always sensitive to people’s moods and keeps the peace in school. One day, she gets pushed to become the president of the student council by the people around her. Tsubame's encounter with a man who is a genius speechwriter, leads to a revolution in school. She struggles to change a school full of irrationality and dissatisfaction with the power of words.
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The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
Title: The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
Character: Mariko Wada
Released: October 11, 2014
Type: Movie
After the end of the second world war, Fred Wada Isamu (Osawa), an American of Japanese descent who runs a fruit and vegetable shop in Los Angeles. One day, Wada sees a newspaper article on the search for someone of Japanese descent who can look after Japanese athletes coming to the United States to compete in the national swimming championship, and offers his family. Several months later, Kiyokawa (Mitsuishi), the Japanese swimming team’s coach, and the swimmers Hashizume (Katsuji), Furubashi (Nakao) and others arrive in the United States. The Japanese swimming team breaks one world record after another and sets nine world records. It is joyous news for Japan. Several years later, Wada and his wife receive a phone call from Tabata Masaji (Nishida Toshiyuki), the chairman of the Japanese Swimming Federation and general secretary of the Japanese Olympic Committee. Tabata says he would like some form of help from Wada in their bid for the Tokyo Olympics...
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Title: Bitter Blood
Character: Sahara Shinobu
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: TV
A rookie detective assigned to the Ginza Police Station finds himself partnered with his estranged father. Together with the rest of the team, they solve crimes as an old adversary plots to take revenge on father and son.
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Crows Explode
Title: Crows Explode
Released: April 12, 2014
Type: Movie
A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.
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Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve 30th Anniversary Short Movie
Title: Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve 30th Anniversary Short Movie
Released: November 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A short Christmas Eve love story which came with the special 30th Anniversary Edition of Tatsuro Yamashita's "Christmas Eve" album.
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The Apology King
Title: The Apology King
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: Movie
Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
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Hōkago Tachi
Title: Hōkago Tachi
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
An omnibus movie that centered on "tutors"
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Title: Like Asura
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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Kataomoi Sekai
Title: Kataomoi Sekai
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in modern Tokyo, the movie depicts the story of young women who live without losing their kindness even though they are troubled.
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阿修羅のごとく
Title: 阿修羅のごとく
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Hero's Island
Title: Hero's Island
Character: Yamako
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in post-war Okinawa, Japan, Gusuku had 3 close childhood friends: On, Yamako and On's younger brother Rei. On was the oldest of the group and he was like a leader to everybody else. He was also a heroic figure to them. On led his friends into the U.S. military base and they stole supplies to give away to the local residents. Everybody in the neighborhood praised On. One night, they entered the U.S. military based to steal supplies. During their raid, On was chased by U.S. soldiers and went missing. Years later, Gusuku now works as a police officer. Yamako is an elementary school teacher. Rei is a member of the yakuza. These three people are still unable to get over the disappearance of On. They chase after the truth behind On's disappearance and uncover a shocking answer.