Takeda is diagnosed with cancer and feels he has nothing left to live for. Despairing, he decides to end his life. But just as he is about to hang himself, the phone rings: the police have just discovered the corpse of his daughter, Sawako, who disappeared more than 14 years ago. Under Japanese law, the statute of limitations for murder is only 15 years. Takeda has only six months remaining: six months to live, six months to find his daughter's killer and hand him over to the authorities. After 14 years of silence and obscurity, family bonds are reborn...