• Director(s)

    Shiori Ito

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    25/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Shiori Ito

Film

Black Box Diaries

sexual violence references, suicide references

Challenging subject matter is handled responsibly and sensitively in this intimate documentary, as a journalist films the investigation into her own sexual assault, exposing systemic failures in the Japanese legal system.…

Challenging subject matter is handled responsibly and sensitively in this intimate documentary, as a journalist films the investigation into her own sexual assault, exposing systemic failures in the Japanese legal system.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

language

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

theme

violence

threat and horror

sex

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    Shiori Ito

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    25/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Shiori Ito

sexual violence references, suicide references
Classified Date:
10/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
language
Bad language is infrequent and mild (e.g. 'bullshit').
sexual violence and sexual threat
References to sexual violence run throughout the film, although the detail is not graphic. These references include a verbal account of an incident of rape, and real footage of the rapist manhandling the intoxicated victim out of a taxi and into a hotel, against her will. There are also frequent references to dismissive, hostile and victim-blaming attitudes towards survivors of sexual violence, and to the barriers against prosecuting sex crimes within the Japanese legal system. The film clearly condemns such attitudes.
suicide and self-harm
A person cries while delivering a video message strongly implying a subsequent off-screen suicide attempt. The scene cuts to the view from a hospital bed, but there is no further detail.
theme
There are scenes of emotional distress.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
sexual violence references, suicide references
Classified Date:
19/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Dogwoof
language
Bad language is infrequent and mild ('bullshit').
sexual violence and sexual threat
References to sexual violence run throughout the film, although the detail is not graphic. These references include a verbal account of an incident of rape, and real footage of the rapist manhandling the intoxicated victim out of a taxi and into a hotel, against her will. There are also frequent references to dismissive, hostile and victim-blaming attitudes towards survivors of sexual violence, and to the barriers against prosecuting sex crimes within the Japanese legal system. The film clearly condemns such attitudes.
suicide and self-harm
A person cries while delivering a video message strongly implying a subsequent off-screen suicide attempt. The scene cuts to the view from a hospital bed, but there is no further detail.
theme
There are scenes of emotional distress.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Classified date

    10/09/2024

  • Language

    Japanese