Japan will for the first time screen a documentary directed by a prominent campaigner in the country’s #MeToo movement, months after it was nominated for an Oscar.

Shiori Ito won a landmark 2019 civil case against a Japanese TV reporter accused of raping her — a charge he denies — and turned her ordeal into a film screened worldwide.

But “Black Box Diaries” has until now not been distributed in Japan, where her former lawyers raised concerns over video and audio that was covertly shot or meant for use in court.

The documentary will finally be shown at one cinema in Tokyo from December, according to publicist Toei Advertising.

It was unclear if other movie theatres would screen the film, which was nominated but did not win the best documentary feature category at this year’s Academy Awa

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