On March 26, according to Japanese media reports, the firm of Japanese comedy industry titan Ken Shimura and the filmmaker Shochiku announced that Ken Shimura resigned to play the first starring movie "God of Movies" in his life, because he was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia and is currently actively cooperating with treatment.
It is reported that "God of Movies" is the work of director Yoji Yamada, the film started in Japan in March, and Shimura Ken began to make related preparations from January, such as trying on makeup and reading many scripts, and a prayer ceremony was held in Tokyo on February 28, and Shimura Ken also attended the event, when his body did not have any abnormalities.
On March 17, Shimura Ken found that he was unwell, three days later he was hospitalized, and three days later he was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia, some media said that Shimura Ken was not optimistic, he put on a ventilator several times, and his role in "God of Movies" was originally scheduled to start filming in April, but his office said that considering that his physical recovery needed a short time, all finally decided to resign.
Originally planned to be in "God of Movies", Ken Shimura and Shoki Sugata will play the same role at different times, with well-known actors such as Nagano Yasumi and Nobuko Miyamoto participating, and the storyline is adapted from the novel by Japanese writer Maiba Harada, which is a work to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the film Fang Shochi Takeru, and was originally scheduled to be released in December this year.
The epidemic overseas is constantly breaking out, and many foreign celebrities have announced their diagnosis of new crown pneumonia, the first celebrities to be announced are Hollywood star Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, and the couple has been discharged from the hospital and isolated at home.
Actor Alan Twett, who has starred in "Les Misérables", "Very Undercover" and "Moulin Rouge", posted that he was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia, and his Broadway repertoire began to stop work since March 12, and he is currently feeling good, is consciously isolating, and hopes that everyone can take the epidemic seriously and must protect their personal safety.
The new crown virus is extremely contagious, and everyone should do a good job of prevention and not be too indifferent to this epidemic.