The Frame
2000
108 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Hitomi Kuroki
Yoko Endo
Takanori Jinnai
Kimihiko Aso
Tetsu Kayama
Naoki Akamatsu
Toshio Kakei
Ichiro Morishima
Akira Nakao
Hirofumi Arikawa
Takeo Nakahara
Takaaki Agawa
Kandai Tsutsumi
Junya Agawa
Kunio Hatoyama
Politician
Atsuo Nakamura
Fumio Nagasaka
Saburo Shinoda
Kenji Kurashina