IRISH PREMIERE

Japanese journalist Shiori Itō embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault to prosecute her high-profile offender; her quest becomes a landmark case, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems, and has been credited with bringing #MeToo to Japan. Over five long years, from the age of 27 to 33, Itō went public and pursued her attacker, a well-known media figure, and biographer of then-prime minister Shinzo Abe. Directed by Itō herself, and based on her 2017 memoir, Black Box Diaries captures her tumultuous, heart-wrenching, but ultimately triumphant journey.

Notes by David O’Mahony

Screening as part of IFI Documentary Festival 2024.