Overview
- Ito posted the apology on her official website on Oct. 25 Japan time, acknowledging she filmed and used the witness without permission.
- She wrote that she tried to reach the taxi driver for more than six months before using the footage and called that decision a mistake.
- The driver operated the taxi that took Ito to the hotel linked to her case and later recounted that she asked to go to a station, testimony that appeared in the film.
- Ito says the driver and his family accepted her apology and agreed to the use of a revised version of the documentary.
- Black Box Diaries has an Academy Award nomination and international screenings, while a domestic release in Japan has not occurred.