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An actress who revealed that she had been sexually assaulted by Shion Sono, a master of the Japanese film industry, made an extreme choice.
On the 27th, Japanese weekly Munchun reported that the actress who exposed Shion Sono's #MeToo passed away due to her extreme choice earlier this year.
In April of last year, Japan's Weekly Women reported that director Shion Sono had been demanding sexual acts from actresses under the pretext of appearing in films.
The media reported the stories of actresses who were asked for sexual acts by directors and producers in the film and entertainment industries over a period of about three months.
According to Women Weekly, Sono Shion called another actress from his previous film to have sex with her in front of A when her actress A refused to have sex with him.
In addition, other actresses also came forward to expose that they were sexually harassed by Shion Sono.
Sion Sono apologized through his agency's homepage, saying, "As a film director, I was not conscious and considerate of the people around me." foreshadowed
After the report, directors representing Japan, such as Shieda Hirokazu and Nishikawa Miwa, formed the 'Film Director Yuji's Group' and issued a statement saying, "We will oppose all violence exercised using the position of a film director."
While Shion Sono denies the allegations despite the successive #MeToo revelations, the Japanese archipelago was shocked when the actor, who was the first to reveal it, committed suicide.
Shion Sono, born in 1961, debuted as a poet at the age of 17 and turned into a film director.
He debuted in 1990 with 'Bicycle Sigh' and made works such as 'Love Exposure', 'The Mole', 'What the Hell's Wrong', 'Tokyo Tribe' and 'Anti-Porn'.
Among them, 'The Mole' entered the competition section of the Venice International Film Festival and gained worldwide fame.
With his unique ideas and unique directing skills, he has been nicknamed 'the bad boy of Japanese cinema'.
(Reporter Kim Ji-hye of SBS Entertainment News)