在这部死亡快递悬疑片中,七年前官僚冈濑正平涉嫌侵吞十亿日元公款而锒铛入狱，但其中的三亿日元始终下落不明。如今此人重获自由，某三流杂志主编山崎治郎（寺尾聪 饰）派出全无干劲的的记者底井武八（向井理 饰）和津村亚纪（比嘉爱未 饰）跟踪冈濑，以期查到三亿日元的下落，刊登头条新闻。谁知二人不慎将目标跟丢，而且次日冈濑便被人残忍绞杀。虽然亚纪扬言推出调查，但是峰回路转的事件唤醒了山崎和底井内心沉睡已久的记者之魂。二人联手对与冈濑有着任何关联的人与事展开全面调查，深藏期间的秘密浮出水面，黑暗的阴谋昭然若现……
本片根据日本著名推理小说作家松本清张的原作改编。
Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucrat and was recently released from prison. 7 years ago, Shohei was arrested for embezzling 1 billion yen. The investigation seven years ago was able to track down 700 million yen but unable to locate the remaining 300 million yen. Now, the chief editor is sure Shohei will go to wherever the remaining 300 million yen is hidden. Shohei stops by a racehorse training center and heads to a street lined with expensive restaurants. Reporters Takehara and Tsumura lose Shohei in this area. Later, Shohei is found dead at a cemetery in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture. He was strangled to death. The chief editor at the magazine believes Shohei was killed over the 300 million yen. The chief editor and Takehara go to the racehorse training center where Shohei stopped by earlier. They learn that the owner of the riding stable is Nishida Ryuzo and the owner ...
