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Famed directors denounce sexual abuse in Japanese filmmaking

FILE - Director Miwa Nishikawa poses for portraits for the film "Nagai Iiwake" (Long excuses) at the 11th edition of the Rome Film Festival in Rome on Oct. 18, 2016. A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry. A petition signed by top names, including Cannes’ Palme d’Or-winning Hirokazu Kore-eda, Cannes Jury Prize winner Koji Fukada and “Under the Sky” director Nishikawa, expresses outrage over sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) FILE - Japanese film director Koji Fukada speaks on his film "Sayonara" during an interview at the Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2015. A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry. A petition signed by top names, including Cannes’ Palme d’Or-winning Hirokazu Kore-eda, Cannes Jury Prize winner Fukada and “Under the Sky” director Miwa Nishikawa, expresses outrage over sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) FILE - Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda poses for portraits during the Rome Film Fest in Rome on Oct. 18, 2019. A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry. A petition signed by top names, including Cannes’ Palme d’Or-winning Kore-eda, Cannes Jury Prize winner Koji Fukada and “Under the Sky” director Miwa Nishikawa, expresses outrage over sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
Famed directors denounce sexual abuse in Japanese filmmaking