Documentaries don’t get much more personal or intimate than this one, as Japanese journalist Shiori Ito bravely - although this adjective is extremely loaded - points the camera at herself as she tries to get justice after being raped. The result, which rightfully begins with a trigger warning, is a raw consideration of the legal and societal barriers that lay in the way of Ito’s goal.

The film foregrounds the evidence. A car ride with the taxi driver who took her to the hotel where she was attacked on the night in question sees him admit that she wanted to be dropped off at the station but was repeatedly overruled by her attacker, fellow journalist Noriyuki Yamaguchi. The driver also notes she was barely able to stand and had to be lifted from the car - evidence that we see play out before us on CCTV footage.

The tacit enablement of.