Searching for Noriko is a multicultural story—with thriller elements and a romantic subplot—about a diverse cast of characters on different continents. An American GI, a veteran of Okinawa, worries about the stability of his marriage. He is haunted by memories of the woman he rescued—and wronged—in 1945. Japanese beauty is conflicted about a planned reunion with a former lover in New York. Collusion between underworld elements in Japan and North Korean agents threatens to spiral into an international crisis. These events dramatically intersect in Searching for Noriko.