i -Documentary of the Journalist-(2019)

movie - first aired/released 2019-11-15 - 113 min - audience 8.2

Documentary

Directed by Tatsuya Mori

In Japan, there is an informal agreement between mainstream media and the government that is hardly ever questioned: Journalists are not too persistent in their criticism, in turn representatives of the government grant direct access to select information through press conferences. Isoko Mochizuki, reporter for the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper, has established herself as a spoilsport in this system.