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Black Box Diaries( 2024)

TV-MADocumentary
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A night that changed her life became a scandal that rocked a nation.

Overview

Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Shiori Ito

      Self

    2. cast image

      Noriyuki Yamaguchi

      Self (archive footage)

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      Shinzo Abe

      Self (archive footage)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jan 29 2025
    This is quite an harrowing watch at times whilst we follow Japanese journalist Shiori Itô as she seeks justice for an alleged rape a few years earlier. To be fair, up front, this is not a balanced documentary but a potent video-diary style presentation crafted by the woman herself to not only document the course of her own battle, but also to illustrate just how out-dated the legal processes were in a nation that's legal system still treated women as a possession of a man in many ways. We identify the accused - from whom we do not hear directly or via his representatives, and from there on we f...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • japan
    • sexual violence
    • justice
    • human rights
    • female journalist
    • woman director
    • sexual assault
    • fight for justice
    • gender equality
    • systemic corruption
    • corrupt legal system
    • accountability
    • me too movement
    • disgusted