「俺の殺人を言葉で止めてみろ」。太陽新聞社会部遊軍記者の一本木透(玉木宏)に宛てて届いた一通の手紙。そこには首都圏を震撼させる無差別連続殺人の犯行が詳述されていた。犯人は一本木を指名し、新聞紙上での公開討論を要求。新たな殺人を予告する犯人に対し、一本木は報道記者として言葉の力で立ち向かう。やがて、連続殺人犯と新聞記者の前代未聞の対話は、劇場型犯罪として世間を揺るがしていく。
Taiyo Shimbun is facing a slump in circulation figures. Fearing that reporters would become targets for a layoff, the director Yoshimura Ryuichi instructs Ippongi Toru, a roving reporter with the local news desk, to write an article with the theme “crime reporting and families”. Despite his concerns, Ippongi writes about his own harrowing experience 20 years ago. Meanwhile, a letter is delivered to Ippongi from a person who appears to be the criminal behind the serial murders in the Tokyo metropolitan area. “Try stopping my murders with words,” says a line in the letter and the random killings which have shaken the area are described in detail. The criminal demands a public debate with Ippongi in the newspapers. Using a reporter’s power of words, Ippongi goes head to head with the criminal who warns of a new murder if the rules are broken.
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