“The sound of the bell of the Gion temple echoes the impermanence of all things” “It reveals the principle of the inevitable decline of those who rise”… The opening words of “The Tale of the Heike” may be floating in your head.
Takuya Kimura (50), an actor affiliated with Johnny’s Entertainment, held a press conference to apologize for sexual assault by Johnny Kitagawa (who passed away in 2019). After the office press conference, Johnny posted a photo of himself on Instagram along with the phrases he often uses, “Show must go on!” and posted a message online saying, “I can’t believe it,” and “Multiple sexual assaults have occurred.” He was criticized for not understanding the seriousness of the incident.
Although the post has since been deleted, Kimura himself may have been more shocked than anyone else.
■Representative talent…
Speaking of “Kimutaku”, he is a person whose words and actions have always attracted attention in the entertainment industry in recent years. If you star in a commercial drama, you’ll get high ratings, and if you appear in a women’s magazine, you’ll sell out in no time. He played Nobunaga Oda in the blockbuster movie “Legend & Butterfly” (Toei), which was released in January with a total production cost of 2 billion yen. It is so popular that 460,000 people, more than the city’s population (approximately 400,000 people), gather along the route to participate in the procession of cavalry warriors.
