Japanese actress Noriko Sakai was arrested in 2009 on suspicion of drug use with her ex-husband. Her acting career, which had been developing well, was hit hard, and she was signed by a new agency after 4 years of dormancy. And her first big-screen work was the suspense movie "The Forest of Empty Cicadas".
Noriko Sakai made huge sacrifices in order to get the film contract for this play, and had to promise something she had never thought about and was unwilling to do in the past - starred in erotic scenes completely naked, and did not even use stickers, it is said that this This is because the filmmakers require "realistic effects"; the staff at the shooting site also vividly described the scene in an interview with the Japanese media, and even the words are a little more frivolous. a huge humiliation.
Of course, perhaps it is precisely because of these gimmicks that "Forest of the Cicadas" was highly anticipated before it was released. released as scheduled. It turned out that the company responsible for production and distribution went bankrupt , and this drama will not be released until 2020.
In fact, from the day the filming started, the actor and the crew of "The Forest of Empty Cicadas" have not been paid, and the senior actors Karaki Akira, Nishioka Toma, Saito Ayumi and others have also been dragged by 7 In 2010, only Noriko Sakai was an exception, because before she signed the contract, she asked for 7 million yen of remuneration to be credited to her account.
Recently, things have turned a corner. "Forest of the Cicadas" finally resurfaced after 7 years. It was approved to be launched in Japan on February 5. The distribution company stated that the box office obtained after the film was released will be given priority to the members of the crew who are owed wages. . Of course, this also means that Noriko Sakai has gained the attention of public again, and it is possible to turn into as expected 7 years ago.
As a smash hit and pure actress, Noriko Sakai's degenerates is undoubtedly regrettable. In 2015, Japanese media reported that she was singing on luxury cruises between Fukuoka and Shanghai . By 2019 , "Weibo begging" news even exposed her embarrassment to the public. However, it seems that Noriko Sakai can still receive high-standard treatment in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
