Shadow Zone

) was once in trouble for a report exposing county police misconduct, and was eventually kicked to the marginalized Regional Intelligence Department. He has no motivation every day, dealing with all kinds of gossip inquiries from his junior, Kaori Kizaki (played by Rei Okamoto). On this day, Tashiro and Kizaki were ordered by the leader to go to his hometown of Laishi Village to collect local fireflies. At the same time, Professor Yamakawa of Dongyang University (played by Noriyoshi Watanabe) disappeared locally not long ago, causing widespread speculation and sensation. Afterwards, "Weekly Daily" reporter Kuno (played by Takaya Kamikawa) brought Tashiro's old acquaintance Kawashima Eiko (played by Renko Oyama) to Laishi Village to pursue clues. Tashiro, who had no intention of doing this, kept discovering all kinds of strange things in the collection, and he, Kizaki, Kuno, and Kawashima were inevitably involved in mysterious events... This film is adapted from the original work of the same name by Matsumoto Seicho.