Oscar hopes for Japanese MeToo icon, but film not shown in Japan

Shiori Ito became the face of Japan's MeToo movement after she accused a prominent journalist of rape.

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"I'm scared…but all I want to do is to talk about the truth," she says, in the opening scene of her Oscar-nominated documentary Black Box Diaries.

Shiori became the face of Japan's MeToo movement after she accused a prominent journalist, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, of rape. He denies the charges.

Her acclaimed directorial debut, based on her memoir of the same name, is a retelling of her quest for justice, after authorities found insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges.

But there is one country where the documentary has still not been aired: Japan - where it has run into huge controversy.

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