The Voice of Sin (2020)

Also Known As: 罪の声 つみのこえ 罪之聲 Tsumi no Koe The Voice in the Crime

Director: Doi Nobuhiro [土井裕泰]

Country: Japanese

Genres: Drama, Hidden Identity, Investigation, Law, Mystery, Novel, Tearjerker

Status: Completed

Date aired: 2020

Summary:

Akutsu Eiji is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago. The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Akutsu Eiji comes across a mysterious cassette tape. Meanwhile, Sone Toshiya lives in Kyoto and runs a tailor shop. He discovers a cassette tape among his late father's possessions. He plays the cassette tape and hears his voice from his childhood days.

~~ Adapted from the novel "The Voice of Sin" (罪の声) by Shiota Takeshi (塩田武士), which in turn was inspired by the extortion case "Glico Morinaga case" (グリコ・森永事件).