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own sexual assault to prosecute her high-profile offender; her quest becomes a landmark case, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems, and has been credited with bringing #MeToo to Japan.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.

You may also find Four Daughters, available online as part of the IFI Documentary Festival @Home, interesting.