cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15180774
The Wakayama Prefectural Police revealed on May 8, 2024 that Your Name. movie producer Koichiro Itou has been referred to prosecutors for additional violation of Child Prostitution & Pornography law in Japan, after it came to light that he had paid an underage girl for sexual intercourse.
The latest case involved a 17-year-old high school girl from Yokohama. Investigators believe Itou knew the girl was a minor when he paid her 30,000 yen for having sexual intercourse at his residence in December 2023.
He is also suspected of taking and saving photographs of the act.
Reminder because this was already an issue in another thread: This is a producer on the films, not the highly acclaimed director. The assailant made little to no creative contributions to the films, and was only arrested in February 2024. Sentai has not worked with him on any films since his arrest
Lots of people showed up to try to shit on the films and their “creator”. Your Name, Weathering With You, and Suzume are beautiful works of art that don’t deserve to be taken down by this barely-contributing piece of human garbage