Following a day of shooting a film, Reika Hayami and her manager Yasuyuki Yasuoga are kidnapped by someone calling himself the Puppet Clown. The kidnapper demands a huge ransom from the film director Youko Kafuraki and the ransom note also specifies that Hajime Kindaichi must deliver the money. Director Youko Kafuraki refuses to pay the ransom, so Veteran actress Reiko Mitamura offers to pay herself...