US EditionOscar-Nominated Documentary 'Black Box Diaries' Has Delayed Premiere in Japan After Legal Issues
The documentary faced legal challenges over unauthorized footage use; director Shiori Ito apologized and revised the film before its limited Japanese premiere.
- A single-theater Tokyo run began on Friday, with Ito's documentary opening in Japan after nearly two years, at T. Joy Prince Shinagawa.
- Ito faced legal challenges in 2024 as lawyers who represented Ito alleged the film used hotel security footage and a detective recording without approval, delaying its release.
- After the 2015 incident, Shiori Ito accused Noriyuki Yamaguchi of rape, sought 11 million yen in damages, and the Supreme Court ordered 3.3 million yen while dismissing Yamaguchi's 13 million yen counter-suit.
- At the Tokyo screening, the film played to a full house at T. Joy Prince Shinagawa, and Shiori Ito apologized to the taxi driver and his family, expressing relief and hope for more showings with Toei Agency.
- Amid debate over source privacy, Shiori Ito has become a prominent face of Japan's slow-moving #MeToo movement, highlighting tensions between public interest and individual privacy.
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Oscar Nominated Documentary “Black Box Diaries”, on a case of rape of journalist Shiori Ito, is exhibited in Tokyo after a delay due to legal issues
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Oscar-nominated documentary 'Black Box Diaries' has delayed premiere in Japan after legal issues
Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's documentary, “Black Box Diaries,” has finally premiered in Japan after facing legal hurdles.
This is the end of an endless wait for the one who embodied the #MeToo movement in Japan ten years ago, Shiori Ito filed a complaint for rape against a journalist who is very close to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But she will never be able to get him convicted. In 2024, she told her ordeal in the documentary, Black Box Diaries, broadcast all over the world, except the Japanese theaters. But, for a few hours, it's done.
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Japan TodayFilm about Japanese journalist's rape screens domestically despite dispute
"Black Box Diaries," a documentary by Japanese journalist Shiori Ito detailing her experience of sexual assault, was released in Japan on Friday, nearly two years after its world premiere at a film festival.
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