Filmmaker Kitano says Japan’s showbiz culture known to be brutal

Iconic Japanese filmmaker and comic Takeshi Kitano stated Wednesday the nation’s show business has actually constantly had a tendency to reward entertainers as assets, with its conventional ordered framework commonly promoting misuse of power.

Reflecting on the sexual assault rumor including the late Johnny Kitagawa, in addition to the current believed self-destruction of a Takarazuka musical comedy starlet, Kitano, 76, stated that given that lengthy back, getting in the Japanese amusement globe “was seen as something in which bad treatment happens.”

Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano participates in an interview at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo onNov 15, 2023, in advance of the launch of his upcoming flick “Kubi.” (Kyodo)

“For myself also, from the moment I went into the area of funny and amusement right here in Japan, there have actually been durations where it was not feasible to …