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There are two main plot points in Six Four. One is that Mikami (a former detective turned press director for a police precinct in Japan) has to prepare the media for an upcoming visit from the commissioner. The commissioner is coming to visit the father of a murdered girl whose case is still unsolved after 14 years. The visit is a PR stunt of sorts that Mikami has reservations on having had worked that case and understanding the open wound that still stings all those involved in it. The other main plot point is that Mikami's teenage daughter is missing, believed to have run away but being gone long enough for her parent's to have become overwhelmed with worry.
Yokoyama works well in crafting a thriller that is unconventional at least to American audiences, where the story arc often rides more on how Mikami deals with the media then what happened with the cold case murder or where his daughter is at. Mikami must bob and weave against this aggressive press corp watching his department's every move and also against his higher ups who have their own agenda and an angry detective division who feel he can't be trusted as an administrator. It creates a refreshing new setting for a thriller, but at the same time the drama in particular that develops with him and his dealings with the media seem so overblown that its hard to always buy in.
Yokoyama works well in crafting a thriller that is unconventional at least to American audiences, where the story arc often rides more on how Mikami deals with the media then what happened with the cold case murder or where his daughter is at. Mikami must bob and weave against this aggressive press corp watching his department's every move and also against his higher ups who have their own agenda and an angry detective division who feel he can't be trusted as an administrator. It creates a refreshing new setting for a thriller, but at the same time the drama in particular that develops with him and his dealings with the media seem so overblown that its hard to always buy in.