Black Box Diaries – In cinemas 25th October

Dogwoof has released its UK trailer for BLACK BOX DIARIES. Filmed, written and directed by Japanese filmmaker and journalist, Shiori Itō, this is her courageous and devastating account of the investigation of her own sexual assault, based on her international best-selling memoir, ‘Black Box’. 

Her quest becomes a landmark case, exposing Japan’s outdated judicial and societal systems. BLACK BOX DIARIES was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and picked up the HUMAN:RIGHTS Award at CPH:DOX 2024 in March as well as being one of the Top 5 Audience Favourites at Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Festival.

Young 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 Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country’s outdated judicial and societal systems.

Filmed, written, and directed by Shiori Itō, produced by Hanna Aqvilin and Eric Nyari, edited by Ema Ryan Yamazaki, cinematography by Yuta Okamura plus original music by Mark De Gli Antoni.