This month, one of the things that shocked Japanese audiences was that actor Hirofumi Arai was searched by the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department on charges of "forced sex.".
Arai was suspected of having sexually abusively abused a female massage parlor employee at her home in July last year, and the woman subsequently reported the case to the Setagaya Police Station.
After being arrested by the police, Arai was formally indicted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Prosecutor on Thursday on mandatory charges.
The latest news is that his lawyer applied for bail on monday for him. This afternoon, the Tokyo District Court accepted Hirofumi Arai's bail application. Hirobumi Arai, who had been imprisoned for 27 days, was released from prison after paying a bail of 5 million yen (about 300,000 yuan).
Although he was released from prison, the Japanese entertainment industry, which has always been strict about the character of the artist, was quickly terminated by the agency after the incident was exposed, and I am afraid that he has no place after that.
What's more, it has completely affected the movies he participated in that are scheduled to be released, and even the works that have been shown.
For example, last autumn he participated in the super popular comic drama "I Am Big Brother". Although the show has been played, it will be released on DVD, and the video platform Hulu will be launched, and Hirofumi Arai will have a cameo appearance from the ninth episode, and the producers will announce that all his scenes have been replaced, and Kyosuke Yabe will be hired to re-shoot.
Originally, two other films in which he starred would be released, but they were all shelved, among which "Typhoon Family" (starring Grass Scissors) announced the postponement of release, the movie "Scum of Good and Evil", co-starring him and Lin Shudu, decided not to be released, and the DVDs of his past films were also discontinued.
ANOR INC., the brokerage company to which Arai belongs, will face claims from various companies to apologize to major companies, and the liquidated damages are expected to reach about 100 million yuan, which can be described as a heavy loss.
The 40-year-old Hirofumi Arai won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Japanese Oscar for "Love of a Hundred Yuan", and participated in many works such as "Wolf", "Dream Eater", "Gintama", "The Disaster of Nanao Saiki" and so on.
It should be difficult to see him return to the public eye in the future.