On April 6, 2022, Japanese actor Yuki Matsuzaki exposed on his social media that Japanese hall-of-fame director Yuan Ziwen used his power to sexually harass actors.
As soon as this matter was exposed, the Japanese art industry was in an uproar, and it is well known that Yuan Ziwen is not only not gay, but also married Kagura Sakae, a former photo idol with a good identity.
The exposure of the director's sexual harassment by an actor made everyone suspicious, but Matsuzaki Yuki's revelation is not over. Soon he broke the news again that Yuan Ziwen forced all actors who passed the audition to pay a fee to join, and all the actors who auditioned had to pay 40,000 yen to enter the set, and then paid another production fee ranging from 60,000 to 200,000 yuan to really star in this film.
According to him, Yuan Ziwen's 2020 film "The Red Mailbox on Escher Street" used hundreds of leading actors and group actors, and each paid 100,000 yen.
In the face of Matsuzaki Yuki's revelations, Yuan Ziwen's office also responded, publishing his handwritten apology letter on the Internet. In the letter, Yuan Ziwen said that he would fully consider the feelings of everyone around him in the future, but the actor's revelations that he said that some of them did not match the facts, and he would take legal measures to protect his interests.
Just when the melon-eating masses thought that the whole thing ended with Yuan Ziwen's apology letter, many anonymous people exposed the fierce material to the media, which involved the scandal of entertainers such as the well-known director Hero Yuki and the veteran male star Kinoshita Fenghua forcing multiple actresses to take indecent photos, and there was also the name of Yuan Ziwen, and even the supervising producer Osamu Umekawa was also listed among them.
One of the actresses who broke the news anonymously said that she was originally from a stage play and planned to develop into the film industry in the near future, so she hoped to get the guidance of professional filmmakers, so she asked Osamu Umekawa to discuss business together.
Unexpectedly, after the other party was drunk, he continued to lure the topic to the affairs of men and women, and openly said that the actress would not be red if she did not take off, resulting in a scene that was once very embarrassing, and then Osamu Umekawa also asked the actress to go to the toilet to take indecent photos and send them to him.
Not only does Osamu Umekawa often use his power to take advantage of female celebrities, but the Japanese media has also received testimonies from many industry insiders, pointing out that some famous directors and actors have also forcibly taken actresses to hotels, and if they do not comply, they will be kicked out of the shooting team.
Osamu Umekawa is also from a science class, graduated from the Film Department of a Japanese University, and just graduated as an assistant in the company of the well-known filmmaker Yukio Kuagawa, and later after he established his own portal, he began to cooperate frequently with Yuan Ziwen, and was known as Yuan Ziwen's right and left hand in the industry, so it was not surprising that the scandal also linked the two.
For the news circulating on the Internet, the actress Yuriko Yoshitaka, who had worked with Yuan Ziwen and Osamu Umekawa, also released a short article to express her views, she mentioned that the victims had hoped to perform well in the film and television drama industry, but they were used by people with bad intentions, which was really regrettable, and became the first person to speak out in real name after the incident.
And in Kikaka Yuriko's tweet at the beginning, it was mentioned that in this incident are some names that they don't want to hear, and their use of their identity and status to deceive and oppress others is very disgraceful, but showbiz is such a world.
Yoshigao Yuriko's tweet does not appear in the whole of anyone's name, but from the literal meaning of it can also be seen who she is alluding to, and looking back on her acting career, she basically cooperated with the filmmakers who were exposed, and the film she participated in when she first debuted was also directed by Yuan Ziwen, so it is generally considered by the outside world to be very aware of the inside story of the incident, and even one of the victims.
Japanese netizens supported Yukitaka Yuriko after seeing her tweet, believing that it was rare for her to stand up and speak at the first time, and it was very courageous to express her views on the cusp of the incident.