The Frame

The Frame

108 mins | Drama, Thriller | March 11, 2000

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.

The Frame

108 mins | Drama, Thriller | March 11, 2000

The Frame
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.
Producers Asmik Ace
Original title 破線のマリス
Directors Satoshi Isaka
Writers Hisashi Nozawa

Cast

Hitomi Kuroki

as Yoko Endo

Takanori Jinnai

as Kimihiko Aso

Tetsu Kayama

as Naoki Akamatsu

Toshio Kakei

as Ichiro Morishima

Akira Nakao

as Hirofumi Arikawa

Takeo Nakahara

as Takaaki Agawa

Kandai Tsutsumi

as Junya Agawa

Kunio Hatoyama

as Politician

Atsuo Nakamura

as Fumio Nagasaka

Saburo Shinoda

as Kenji Kurashina