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Black Box Diaries
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Black Box Diaries

Black Box Diaries

Shiori Ito
Japan, United States, United Kingdom
2024
103 min
Dutch Premiere
Best of Fests
Tickets & Times
Synopsis

In Japan, only four percent of rape cases are actually dealt with by the justice system. It is against this background that the story of Japanese journalist Shiori Ito is set.

In 2015, Ito is raped by an influential journalist. When she reports the crime, she is told that there is insufficient evidence to bring a criminal case and is obliged to look on as the perpetrator is protected by both the police and politicians including Prime Minister Abe. She decides to start a civil case, write a book, and record her long-drawn battle in a visual diary.

Ito’s determination is unheard of in Japan, where women are expected to be passive. For Black Box Diaries, she secretly records conversations and follows high-placed figures in the street. Slowly but surely, the image emerges of a society that structurally maneuvers women into a position of subservience.

Ito pays a high price for her assertiveness: her relationship with her family comes under pressure and she suffers from anxiety and depression. But many are inspired by her tenacity, and she becomes the face of the Japanese equivalent of the MeToo movement.

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Tickets & Times
Thu, november 14
20:00 – 21:48
Tuschinski 6

Fri, november 15
18:00 – 19:48
ITA: Rabozaal

Sat, november 16
Part of de Volkskrantdag
10:00 – 18:22
Carré

Mon, november 18
18:30 – 20:35
Eye: Cinema 1

Tue, november 19
Talk organized by De Balie
20:30 – 22:49
De Balie: Grote Zaal

Thu, november 21
10:45 – 12:33
Pathé Noord 7

Fri, november 22
15:00 – 16:47
Eye: Cinema 1

Sat, november 23
12:00 – 13:47
Tuschinski 2
Credits
103 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: Japanese, English
Director
    Shiori Ito
    Shiori Ito
Production
    Hanna Aqvilin,
    Eric Nyari,
    Shiori Ito
    Hanna Aqvilin,
    Eric Nyari,
    Shiori Ito
Executive producer
    Mitsunobu Kawamura for Star Sands
    Mitsunobu Kawamura for Star Sands
Cinematography
    Shiori Ito,
    Hanna Aqvilin,
    Yuta Okamura,
    Yuichiro Otsuka
    Shiori Ito,
    Hanna Aqvilin,
    Yuta Okamura,
    Yuichiro Otsuka
Editing
    Ema Ryan Yamazaki
    Ema Ryan Yamazaki
Sound Design
    Andrew Tracy
    Andrew Tracy
Music
    Mark degli Antoni
    Mark degli Antoni
World Sales
    Dogwoof
    Dogwoof
Distribution for the Netherlands
    Periscoop Film
    Periscoop Film
Screening copy
    Periscoop
    Periscoop

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