I -Documentary of The Journalist【The 13th Hong Kong Independent Film Festival】Hong Kong Independent Film Festival

Isoko Mochizuki is a journalist best known for her relentless inquiries that often challenge the Japanese government’s lack of transparency. Her non-fiction book, The Journalist, is the source material for a political drama of the same name, which won several awards—including Picture of the Year—at the Japan Academy Film Prize. Meanwhile, documentary filmmaker Tatsuya Mori follows the real Mochizuki, witnessing her many battles with government officials. The seasoned journalist’s investigative style is quite common in western media. Yet under the conservative Japanese political establishment, her vigorous questioning is seen as “problematic” by those in power. Mori even tries his hand in reporting, as he fruitlessly requests permission to film cabinet meetings. But the wall of bureaucracy is proven too tough to crack, exposing the government’s disregard for the public’s right to know.

Director： Tatsuya Mori
Japan | 2019 | 113 min | Colour
In Japanese with Chinese & English subtitles