Black Box Diaries

Opens Saturday, December 28, 2024

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

BLACK BOX DIARIES follows director Shiori Ito’s courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting and emotional first-person video, her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s desperately outdated judicial and societal systems.

  • Country USA, UK Japan
  • Language English, Japanese with English subtitles
  • Running Time 102 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor MTV Documentary
  • Director Shiori Ito
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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