The Journalist

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Nov 23 (Sat.) 18:00 at NTT CRED Hall 1

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 <Story>
A Journalist of Tokyo newspaper reporter named Yoshioka (Shim Eun Kyung) receives an anonymous fax about a confidential construction project for a new university. Raised in the US with a Japanese father and Korean mother, she has a very personal drive in her work as a journalist, and is determined to find the truth. Meanwhile, Sugihara (Tori Matsuzaka), a bureaucrat at the Cabinet Information Research Office, finds himself torn. In contrast to his conviction to, “serve the people”, he is given the duty to control any type of news that may be inconvenient to the current administration. Approaching the day his beloved wife is set to give birth, he decides to pay a visit to a respected old boss, Kanzaki. A few days later, Kanzaki is found thrown from the roof of a building.

The young journalist struggles to find the truth. The elite bureaucrat learns about the presence of a certain darkness, and is pressed to make a decision. When their lives intersect, a shocking truth comes to light. Directly piercing through current real-world problems, this is social commentary entertainment like never seen before in Japanese cinema, in ways you may not even believe!

<Staff>
Cast:Sim Eun-Kyung、Tori Matsuzaka、Tsubasa Honda、 Tetsushi Tanaka
Director:Michihito Fujii
Script:Roba Shimori 、Akihiko Takaishi、 Michihito Fujii
Producer:Akihiko Takaishi

<Info>
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 113'
Country: Japan

 <Guest>
Tori Matsuzaka
Born in 1988 in Kanagawa. He made his acting debut in “Samurai Sentai Shinkenjâ”(2009). He won Best New Actor of 85th Kinema Junpo Award and Best New Actor of 33rd Yokohama Film Festival with “We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.”(11) and “Life Back Then” (11). And he won Newcomer of Year in Awards of the Japanese Academy with "The Wings of the Kirin"(11),"Until the Break of Dawn"(12) and  "Love for Beginners"(12). Since then he is active in various fields of the cinema, TV drama and TV commercial etc... His filmography includes "All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa"(14), "Maestro! "(15), "The Emperor in August"(15),"Piece of Cake"(15),"The Last Mission"(15), "Mozu the Movie "(15), "The Top Secret: Murder in Mind"(16),"Sanada 10 Braves "(16),"Her Love Boils Bathwater"(16),"Kiseki: Sobito of That Day"(16),"Yurigokoro"(17),"Birds Without Names"(17),"Impossibility Defense "(18),"Call Boy "(18),"The Blood of Wolves"(18),"Iwane: Sword of Serenity"(19) and "Listen to the Universe"(19).

Director

Michihito Fujii
Born in 1986. During Nippon University Collage of Art of Cinema, he began to work in Japanese Film industry. His theatrical feature debut was “Oh, Father!”(2013). He won the best screenplay prize at 9th Asia International Film Festival with “Phantom Limb”(14). His filmography includes “7s”(15), “Innocent Blood”(17), “Evil”(18),”Ao no Kaerimichi”(18) and “Day and Night”(19).