Oscar hopes for the Japanese icon Metoo but the movie is not shown in Japan

When Japanese journalist Shiori ITO decided to tell about her allegations of rape, she knew what would do it before the society that prefers silence.

“I’m afraid … But all I want to do is talk about the truth,” she says, on the stage of the documentary diaries, nominated on the “Oscar”.

Shiori became the face of the Japanese movement Metoo after she accused the famous journalist Noriuka Yamagochya of rape. He denies allegations.

Her well -known directorial debut, based on the same memory, is a retelling of her search for justice, after the authorities have found insufficient evidence for the criminal case.

But there is one country where the documentary still does not broadcast: Japan – where it has encountered huge disputes.

Former Shiori lawyers have accused her of including audio and video materials that she had no permission to use, which they claim, violated confidence and at risk of its sources.

She protects what she did as necessary for “public good”.

This is an amazing turn in the story that covered Japan when it first broke down. Then 28 years old, Shioi decided to ignore his family’s request for allegedly rape. And after her public accusation did not lead to a criminal case, she opened a civil lawsuit against Mr. Yamagucci – and received a $ 30,000 loss (22 917 pounds).

Shiori told the BBC, creating a film that participates in the “re -life of his injury”.

“I took four years (to make a movie) because I fought emotionally.”

She was an internship at Reuters News in 2015, when claiming that Mr. Yamaguchy invited her to discuss the possibility of work. At the time, he was the head of the Washington Bureau for a major Japanese media -filmmaker Tokyo Broadcasting System.

Shiori claims that after dinner in Tokyo with Mr. Yamagucci, who always denied the allegations.

CCRES from the video surveillance while intoxicated, which have stretched out of the taxi and form a part of more than 400 hours of frames, which it edited for a documentary.

Shiori, who managed and wrote Black Box diaries, describes the editing process as “really complicated”.

“It was like a fierce therapy,” she says.

But when the film was released, the CCTV staff included in the documentary became a source of friction between the director and the team of lawyers who helped her win her civil affair.

The lawyers said that its use of CCTV was unauthorized – and that Shiira violated the promise not to use it on the court. .

Last week, her former lawyers – under the guidance of Yoko Nishichir – held a press conference at which she stated that the use of the Shiira staff creates problems for other cases of sexual attack.

“If the fact that the evidence of the trial was announced is known, we will not be able to gain cooperation in future cases,” said Ms Nishichir.

Ms Nishichira claimed that Shiira also used unauthorized records in the film, which the lawyer discovered only after the screening of the movie last July.

The documentary included an audio of a police detective, which eventually acted as a violator in connection with the investigation process, as well as a taxi driver who presented the testimony of allegedly rape.

Both the detective and the taxi driver, the lawyers claim, were identified in the film – and no one consent to the submission.

“I try to protect her so much for eight and a half years, and I feel that I was completely torn,” said Ms Nishichir.

“I want her to explain and prosecute.”

Earlier, Shiori acknowledged that she had no permission of the hotel to use video footage, but claimed that she gave a “only visual testimony” of the night, which she claimed to have had sexual attacks.

She said that a police detective audio was needed because of the “cover of the investigation”, and insisted that she was releasing the video “for public good.”

“We stand in different perspectives,” she said, referring to her fall with her former lawyers.

“For me (this is for) the public good. For them, this” do not violate any rules. “

There was no official explanation why the film is not yet common. According to Shioi, “Japan is still not ready to talk about (it’s).”

However, it remains unclear how far the lack of distribution cannot be due.

In his latest statement last week, he apologized and said that he would edit parts of the documentary to make sure that people could not be identified. She said that the edit version would be examined at a later stage.

“There are times that I would like I didn’t need to post (documentary). There are moments that I am not proud – but I wanted to put it all, and to show that we are also human,” she said BBC.

“No one is perfect.”

Nine years since the attack, the Shione fight with the Japanese justice system was good chronic in the media – and, she said, she says she wanted to tell in detail in her documentary.

When she met with a waves in 2017, receiving a mail of hatred and abuse on the Internet.

“People told me you are not crying enough … You don’t carry proper clothes … You’re too strong.”

Some criticized as she was dressed at a press conference, where she first accused Yamaguchy – they said her shirt was too low. Shyoi said she had left Japan for a few months, fearing her safety.

Other high -profile cases followed the Shione case. In 2023, the former soldier Rina Hono also made a story, accusing three former soldiers of sexual attack on her. This year, Japan has passed the landmark laws to reconsider rape from “violent intercourse” to “unmistakable sexual intercourse” and increased the age of consent from 13 to 16.

In the end, the racing won its business, but Shiira says it is proof that a speech against sexual abuse comes to the price, adding, “Should you survive, seeking justice? It should not be that way. You must donate much.”

It is unclear whether her movie will be a check in Japan, but she says his return home will be her final prize.

“This is my love letter to Japan. I very much want to show my movie one day and my family can also watch it,” she added.

“That’s what I really hope … more than winning” Oscar “.