Makino Hiyori (Takahata Mitsuki), a rookie detective at Yanagimachi Kita Police Precinct, has her prayers answered when she is assigned to the Criminal Affairs Division in her second year. One day, a video of a person being burnt alive within the jurisdiction of the precinct is uploaded onto a website. The investigation task force believes this is the act of a copycat criminal mimicking a murder which took place five years ago. Bursting with enthusiasm, Hiyori visits Maison de Police, a shared house in an upscale residential area, to hear from former detective Natsume Soichiro (Nishijima Hidetoshi) who was in charge of this case called the Death Dance. Only retired police officers live in this old Western-style home. That is how Hiyori begins a strange investigation meeting with Takahira Atsuhiko (Kohinata Fumiyo), Todo Masato (Noguchi Goro), Sakota Tamotsu (Kadono Takuzo) and Date Aritsugu (Kondo Masaomi). Despite their longsightedness, back problems and high blood pressure, their investigation skills are top notch. Hiyori pursues the case with these idiosyncratic old men but … … |