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Netflix Japan to Release Documentary on the Lucie Blackman Murder
Fresh news about the documentary on one of Japan’s most infamous murder cases — and an exclusive interview with a featured reporter.
By Himari Semans
A new documentary on the now long-solved Lucie Blackman murder case in Japan is set to release on Netflix. And it’s going to rip open a 23-year-old wound.
The non-fiction documentary Tokyo Crime Squad: The Lucie Blackman Case, directed by Yamamoto Hyoe and featuring an unprecedented number of testimonies from Japanese investigators and police, will be available only on Netflix starting next month, July 27th.
A missing person’s report for Lucie Blackman was filed to Azabu Police Station in Roppongi, Tokyo, one Monday morning in July of 2000. Nobody could have imagined how grotesque of a case this would be. Nor could they have prepared for the shockwaves it would send throughout the world.
Lucie Blackman, 21, a former British Airways flight attendant, was working as a bar hostess at the Casablanca bar in Roppongi. On a Saturday evening, she went to go meet a client. She was never seen again.
