Black Box Diaries is a 2024 documentary film produced and directed by Shiori Itō, documenting her sexual assault investigation and case in Japan.

[20] In response, Itō said the lawyers' accusations contained factual inaccuracies, the detective and the taxi driver could not be reached, and the film had received legal checks in the United States and Japan.

The film is made with determination, and, if the message contained there serves the public interest like prevention of sexual crime, it is defensible to decide to show the footage even without permission.

"[26] Toshihiko Tabuchi, media scholar at J. F. Oberlin University, said, "In American documentary filmmaking, there is propensity to put more emphasis on public interest even when matters such as invasion of privacy are contentious ...

"[25] Tsukuda questioned the notion that public interest is given more weight than privacy in American journalism, citing the pains New York Times reporters took to determine if sources may go on the record as depicted in the film She Said.

The organizer of the event told the newspaper that they authorized Itō to use the footage under the condition that she obtain permission from everyone filmed, but they did not confirm that she indeed did, and they would deliberate whether they too would request the scene be removed.

On February 7, the newspaper issued a clarification and apology saying that the woman shown in the film speaking about her experience of sexual harm had in fact given Itō permission to use her footage, while maintaining that some other participants had not, acknowledging the original headline was misleading.

While I applaud Ms. Itō's fight as a victim of sexual crime, I cannot ignore the current situation where the counsel who ran alongside her and struggled so much and many collaborators and supporters are hurt."

[36] Fionnuala Halligan of Screen Daily wrote, "Black Box Diaries is one of the discoveries of this year's Sundance film festival: it seems to encapsulate a generation's dreams and disappointments, torments and triumphs.

"[37] Nicolas Rapold of the Financial Times found the film "genuinely empowering", writing that its "mix of vérité filmmaking and audio-only interviews ... makes for a visceral account of the ups and downs of her journey".

[40] Valerie Complex of Deadline wrote, "Precise filmmaking puts us in [Itō's] mindset through this exhausting investigation, capturing the sadness, joy and determination pushing her forward despite all momentum against her.

"[41] Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote, "Ito unstintingly records the enormous emotional toll that the assault, the legal cases, and her pursuit of justice took on her, and she does so with an unsparingly candid cinematic sensibility.

[43] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote, "Black Box Diaries is, at heart, a first-person account, and while it's successful on those terms, it's finally more emotionally engaging than intellectually satisfying.