Thisfilmfollowsthemovingstoryof29-year-oldJapanesejournalist,ShioriIto,whoallegesshewasrapedbyawell-knownTVjournalistandbiographerofJapan’sprimeminister,NoriyukiYamaguchi,afterthetwometforaworkdinnerin2015.MrYamaguchistrenuouslydeniestheclaims. Despitereportingthecasetothepolice,aprocessinwhichShioriwasrequiredtore-enacttheallegedrapewithalife-sizedoll,thecasewasdroppedafterayearlonginvestigation.WhenShioritooktheunprecedenteddecisiontogopublicwithherallegationsandrevealheridentity,shewasmetwithwithpublichumiliationandhatemail. Withuniqueaccess,thefilmfollowsShioriovertheyearaftershewentpublic.Whiletheglobal#MeToomovementgalvanisedwomenacrosstheworldtospeakupabouttheirallegationsofsexualassault,inJapantheresponsewasmuted.Undeterred,Shiorivisitstheinstitutionsshebelievesfailedherandmeetsotherwomenwhoaretooafraidtospeakout.ThefilminterweavesShiori’sstorywiththebroadersocialcontextinJapan,whereuntil2017,theminimumsentenceforrapewasshorterthantheft.