Exposes the dysfunctional justice system that exists in Japan vis à vis sex crimes. In 2017 as the #MeToo movement gained momentum, Shiori Itō, a Japanese journalist, held a press conference related to a sexual assault she endured two years earlier while a 25-year-old intern. For decades Japanese rape victims were often impeded from discussing their assaults and they rarely witnessed perpetrators being brought to justice. This film shines an intense light on this problem and provides a voice to these silenced victims.
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