Japan's Secret Shame (2018)

Name: Japan's Secret Shame
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-06-05T08:27:55+02:00
Rating: 3.5

Documentary | 60 minutes / 51 minutes (ingekorte tv versie)

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 60 minuten / 51 minuten (ingekorte tv versie)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Erica Jenkin

Stars: Shiori Ito, Jake Adelstein and Hiroko Goto

IMDb score: 7,7 (175)

Releasedate: 28 June 2018

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Japan's Secret Shame plot

Reporting allegations of sexual assault is a traumatic and difficult process. But in Japan it is almost a taboo. Only 4% of victims there report their allegations to the police. One victim is Shiori Ito. In 2017, she shocked the country with a public accusation of rape by a well-known TV journalist and biographer of the Japanese prime minister. The accused Noriyuki Yamaguchi strongly denies the facts. Shiori is hardly believed and after a year the case is dropped. But despite the public humiliation and hate campaigns, the woman continues her struggle.