The Frame (2000)

  • NR
  • 03/11/2000 (JP)
  • Thriller, Drama
  • 1h 48m

Overview

Japanese director Satoshi Isaka spins this taunt thriller about an ultra-ambitious reporter who soon finds herself on the receiving end of tabloid dirt. Popular television actress Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yuko, an ice-queen TV news editor who is approached by a mysterious man from the PTT Ministry. The man offers her proof, on videotape, that a major university is bribing a particular government official to overlook a massive media merger. The secret transaction has already resulted in the death of one investigator. Yuko promptly broadcasts the damning footage, and high-ranking bureaucrat Aso (Takanori Jinnai) is forced out of office.

Hisashi Nozawa

Screenplay

Satoshi Isaka

Director

Cast

Hitomi Kuroki's headshot

Hitomi Kuroki

Yoko Endo
Takanori Jinnai's headshot

Takanori Jinnai

Kimihiko Aso
Tetsu Kayama's headshot

Tetsu Kayama

Naoki Akamatsu
Toshio Kakei's headshot

Toshio Kakei

Ichiro Morishima
Akira Nakao's headshot

Akira Nakao

Hirofumi Arikawa
Takeo Nakahara's headshot

Takeo Nakahara

Takaaki Agawa
Kandai Tsutsumi's headshot

Kandai Tsutsumi

Junya Agawa
Kunio Hatoyama's headshot

Kunio Hatoyama

Politician

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