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[Machine Translation] The Newspaper Reporter" was only the beginning - Shocking "realism" beyond "fiction"! Now, we ask you. The same producer as "The Newspaper Reporter", a shocking and controversial work depicting the "present moment" of power and the media, has created a new kind of documentary that sounds the alarm about the "present" we live in and the true nature of the media! --Fake news and self-regulation by the media. The bureaucrats are running wild, trampling on democracy and discovery, and the news media, with the exception of a few, are overlooking it without a care in the world. Amidst all this, Tokyo Shimbun's social media reporter Mochizuki Kinoshiko, who is regarded as a heretic by the existing media but who does not yield to various pressures, asks sharp questions at press conferences held by the Prime Minister's Office. Is she really special? The film follows her as she reveals many of the problems facing contemporary Japan and its media. This film is directed by Tatsuya Mori, a filmmaker and writer known for "A" and "A2," which delved into the true nature of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, and "FAKE," about Mamoru Samurakawachi, who was in the middle of the ghostwriter scandal. Is democracy in this country really only a formality, and what should the media do about it? Using a new approach that can be described as director Mori's quintessential style, he uncovers the true nature of the pressure to conform and discovery that Japanese society faces.

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『新聞記者』は序章にすぎなかった― 「フィクション」を越えた衝撃の「リアル」! 今、あなたに問う。 権力とメディアの"たった今"を描いた衝撃の問題作『新聞記者』と同じプロデューサーが、私たちが生きる"今"と"メディアの正体"に警鐘を鳴らす、新感覚ドキュメンタリー! ――蔓延するフェイクニュースやメディアの自主規制。民主主義を踏みにじる様な官邸の横暴、忖度に走る官僚たち、そしてそれを平然と見過ごす一部を除く報道メディア。そんな中、既存メディアからは異端視されながらもさまざまな圧力にも屈せず、官邸記者会見で鋭い質問を投げかける東京新聞社会部記者・望月衣塑子。果たして彼女は特別なのか? そんな彼女を追うことで映し出される、現代日本やメディアが抱える問題点の数々。本作の監督を務めるのは、オウム真理教の本質に迫った『A』『A2』、ゴーストライター騒動の渦中にあった佐村河内守を題材にした『FAKE』などで知られる映画監督で作家の森達也。この国の民主主義は本当に形だけでいいのか、メディアはどう立ち向かうべきか。森監督の真骨頂ともいえる新たな手法で、日本社会が抱える同調圧力や忖度の正体を暴きだす。