Regarding the issue of sexual violence by film directors, six volunteer film directors, including director Hirokazu Koreeda, have issued a statement that they will oppose any violence that uses the director's position.
This issue was reported this month by a weekly magazine that the male director of a movie about sexual damage testified that multiple women had been forced to have sexual intercourse in the past, and the release of the work was canceled. It is the one that is influenced by.
In response to this, on the 18th, six film directors, including director Hirokazu Koreeda, director Miwa Nishikawa, and director Koji Fukada, released a statement on the Internet.
In this statement, entitled "We oppose any violence that uses the position of a film director," the act or content reported is never tolerated, and first of all, the "dignity" of the victim. We should focus on protecting. "
And the film director should be strongly aware that he is in a position of strong power, and should not abuse that position to unfairly control others. I complained.
He also said that film directors need to behave carefully with interested parties outside of the filming scene.
On top of that, he said that various acts of perpetration have been repeated in the movie scene, etc. "We will cut off the bad customs that we have overlooked and create a place where all actors and staff can be safely involved in the movie. He said that he had "responsibility" and that he would take action for improvement in the future.