

Black Box Diaries
A night that changed her life became a scandal that rocked a nation.
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's outdated judicial and societal systems.
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- Language
- English
- japan
- sexual violence
- justice
- human rights
- female journalist
- woman director
- sexual assault
- fight for justice
- gender equality
- systemic corruption
- corrupt legal system
- accountability
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Japan, United States of America, United Kingdom
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereInternational Film Festival of India24 Nov 2024
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival20 Jan 2024
- Theatrical (limited)25 Oct 2024
- Digital / OTT7 Jan 2025
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival12 Oct 2024
- Theatrical (limited)1525 Oct 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival6 Jun 2024
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival13 Aug 2024
- TheatricalMA 15+13 Feb 2025
- PremiereAustralian International Documentary Conference 4 Mar 2025
CanadaCA
- PremiereHot Docs International Film Festival29 Apr 2024
- PremiereDoxa Documentary Film Festival5 May 2024
- PremiereAtlantic International Film Festival14 Sept 2024
BrazilBR
- PremiereIt's All True Film Festival11 Apr 2024
ChinaCN
- PremierePingyao International Film Festival27 Sept 2024
- PremiereHainan Island International Film Festival5 Dec 2024
DenmarkDK
- PremiereCPH:DOX18 Mar 2024
EstoniaEE
- PremiereDocpoint Tallinn Documentary Film Festival5 Feb 2025
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP12 Mar 2025
- TVARTE (La Lucarne)7 Jul 2026
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival3 Apr 2024
- TheatricalI24 Apr 2025
IndonesiaID
- PremiereJogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival6 Dec 2024
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Black Box Diaries was released on 24 October 2024.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/29/2025
This is quite an harrowing watch at times whilst we follow Japanese journalist Shiori Itô as she seeks justice for an alleged rape a few years earlier. To be fair, up front, this is not a balanced documentary but a potent video-diary style presentation crafted by the woman herself to not only document the course of her own battle, but also to illustrate just how out-dated the legal processes were in a nation that's l…
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