The Journalist
Kanji	新聞記者
Revised Hepburn	Shinbun Kisha
Directed by	Michihito Fujii
Screenplay by	Roba Shimori Akihiko Takaishi Michihito Fujii
Story by	Isoko Mochizuki
Based on	The Journalist by Isoko Mochizuki
Produced by	Akihiko Takaishi Mitsunobu Kawamura Haruo Okamoto
Starring	Shim Eun-kyung Tori Matsuzaka
Cinematography	Keisuke Imamura
Edited by	Tatsuma Furukawa
Music by	Taro Iwashiro
Production companies	The Icon Star Sands
Distributed by	ÆON Entertainment
Release date	28 June 2019 (2019-06-28) (Japan)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Journalist (新聞記者, Shinbun Kisha) is a 2019 Japanese drama film loosely based on the 2017 book of the same name by Isoko Mochizuki, directed by Michihito Fujii. It received 6 Japan Academy Prize nominations and won three, including Picture of the Year, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.^[1]

On January 13, 2022, a drama version of The Journalist was released on Netflix.^[2]

Plot

Young journalist Erika Yoshioka works at Tokyo Metropolitan News where her father committed suicide under suspicion of falsifying news. Yoshioka's boss Mr. Jinya entrusts her with investigating a government plan to establish a new university that has arrived by anonymous fax. Her research leads to Mr. Kanzaki a Cabinet Official who soon commits suicide. The investigation next takes her to Takumi Sugihara, an earnest official in the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office. Plagued with doubts over Kanzaki's death, Sugihara agrees to work with Yoshioka to uncover the scandal that may derail their careers.

Cast