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Japan's Secret Shame

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Rebecca Nicholson Guardian 08/07/2018
It is harrowing, frustrating and distressing. It is also an incredibly important film, brave and necessary, handled with care and quiet fury by the producer and director, Erica Jenkin. Go to Full Review Jasper Rees Daily Telegraph (UK) 06/29/2018
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Odds are stacked against all rape victims in Japan: there is a paucity of rape crisis centres, only eight per cent of the police force is female, and for 110 years the law demanded that accusers prove that they showed some sign of physical resistance. Go to Full Review David Sexton London Evening Standard 06/28/2018
It is so difficult for individual women in Japan to come forward and say #MeToo... One who has had the courage to do just that is the journalist Shiori Ito - and this moving, flowing documentary, directed by Erica Jenkin, tells her story. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Erica Jenkin