The Journalist
Watch TrailerErika, a tenacious young reporter for a Tokyo newspaper, stumbles upon threads of a government cover-up. Her dogged investigation pits her against Sugihara, a cunning high-ranking bureaucrat skilled in the art of obfuscation. In a system where truth is buried under stamps of 'state secrecy' and journalists are treated as nuisances, Erika risks her career and well-being to follow the trail. Her path converges with that of a quiet university lecturer, whose own life becomes tragically entangled in the same web of official silence and deception.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | 新聞記者 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Michihito Fujii |
| Runtime | 113 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.4/10 (19 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
A scathing procedural, filmed with a cold, almost documentary-like precision. Director Michihito Fujii foregoes Hollywood thrills, instead meticulously dissecting the machinery of deception where the most powerful weapon is a black stamp on a document.
What lingers after the credits is not catharsis, but a chilling awareness of truth's systemic erosion. A simple bureaucratic denial will never sound the same. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Michihito Fujii
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The glass and concrete of office towers, the muted light of archives, the tense silence before a scandal breaks.
🎭 Cast
Shim Eun-kyung
Erika Yoshioka
Tori Matsuzaka
Takumi Sugihara
Tsubasa Honda
Natsumi Sugihara
Amane Okayama
Daisuke Kuramochi
Kaku Tomohiro
Tamotsu Sekido
Tsutomu Takahashi
Ryoichi Tsuzuki
Seiya Osada
Masato Kawai
Hina Miyano
Chika Kanzaki
Naomi Nishida
Nobuko Kanzaki
Kazuya Takahashi
Toshinao Kanzaki
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