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The Journalist on Netflix: whistleblower blues

2022-01-22T10:50:08.474Z


REVIEW – Based on a blockbuster film, this cruel and hushed thriller denounces the rampant corruption in the land of the Rising Sun.


Buoyed by the interplanetary success of South Korean killing game

Squid Game

, Netflix's pool of Asian originals is being watched closely.

He has just delivered another singular work,

The Journalist

.

Adaptation of the successful film of the same name which in 2019 filled Japanese theaters and won three statuettes of the equivalent of the Césars, including that of the best feature film.

He denounced the rampant corruption between business and political circles in the land of the Rising Sun, studying the price to be paid for those who must choose to cover up or reveal these actions.

Rarely, the director Michihito Fuji also directs this transposition in six episodes.

Democratic apathy

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reporter

Anna Matsuda is known as the "news maverick".

A specialist in bribery cases for a personal reason that the series will eventually explain, she is one of the most feared participants in the government press briefing, a follower of angry questions.

Especially…

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Source: lefigaro

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