is a 2019 Japanese
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
loosely based on the 2017 book of the same name by
Isoko Mochizuki, directed by
Michihito Fujii. It received 6
Japan Academy Prize nominations and won three, including
Picture of the Year,
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
On January 13, 2022, a drama version of ''The Journalist'' was released on
Netflix
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.
Plot
Erika Yoshioka, a young journalist, works at Tokyo Metropolitan News where her father committed suicide under suspicion of falsifying news. Yoshioka's boss Mr. Jinya entrusts her with investigating a government plan to establish a new university that has arrived by anonymous fax. Her research leads to Mr. Kanzaki, a Cabinet Official, who soon commits suicide. The investigation next takes her to Takumi Sugihara, an earnest official in the
Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
The , also known as , is a Japanese intelligence agency under the Cabinet Secretariat responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information for the cabinet. As a principal member of the Japanese intelligence communi ...
. Plagued with doubts over Kanzaki's death, Sugihara agrees to work with Yoshioka to uncover the scandal that may derail their careers.
Cast
References
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2019 films
2010s political drama films
2010s political thriller films
Japanese political films
Japanese drama films
Japanese thriller films
Films about journalism
Films about journalists
Films about newspaper publishing
Films about democracy
Films about suicide
Films about whistleblowing
Films about intelligence agencies
Films about freedom of expression
Films about censorship
Films about media manipulation
Films set in Tokyo
Films based on non-fiction books
Films scored by Taro Iwashiro
Freedom of the press
Political films based on actual events
Thriller films based on actual events
Drama films based on actual events
Picture of the Year Japan Academy Prize winners
2019 drama films
2010s Japanese films
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