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It’s been reported that Bariki-ya Co., Ltd., the talent agency headed by actor Hiroshi Fuse (68), received a bankruptcy commencement order from the Tachikawa Branch of the Tokyo District Court on August 4. Fuse is known for starring in “trendy dramas” like *I’ve Always Loved You* and for his role on the variety show *Ito-ke no Shokutaku*, and he reportedly still lives in a ¥300 million mansion. On 5channel’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board, opinions split between posters pointing out that it’s the company, not Fuse personally, that went bankrupt, and others countering that small companies almost always require the president’s personal guarantee. Speculation also flew about whether reports of his past ¥200 million annual income were true, and about why his TV appearances dried up.
[Exclusive] Popular 68-Year-Old ‘Trendy Drama’ Actor Faces Bankruptcy… Life Upended by Caring for His Parents — We Asked the Man Living in a ¥300 Million Mansion, ‘What’s Next?’
On August 4, Bariki-ya Co., Ltd., the talent agency where Hiroshi Fuse serves as representative director, received a bankruptcy commencement order from the Tachikawa Branch of the Tokyo District Court.
Fuse is best remembered for starring in numerous “trendy dramas” in the past, and he also won over households nationwide on Nippon TV’s variety show *Ito-ke no Shokutaku*.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
That's just your Junichi Ishida image talking.
The ¥200 million annual income thing's gotta be fake, right?
Back in the day he was always the lead or near-lead in some drama or other. ¥200 million+ wouldn't be surprising at all.
I watched that too — wasn't he Tsurutaro's younger brother, running a kimono shop? Played the popular-with-the-ladies role.
Fuse Hiroshi
Kume Akira
Kume Hiroshi
Brings back memories. You only find that out at the very end, right.
Does that mean he can't even afford a cane?
He's right on the borderline of needing a cane or not. It's easier with one, so he ends up using whatever's handy as a substitute. If he falls and hits his head it'll be bad news, so he really should carry one — but at 60-something, carrying an actual cane probably feels too 'old man' for him.
Nah, for small/mid-size companies the owner's personal guarantee is basically mandatory. Textbook limited shareholder liability like that only really applies to big corporations.
Shadow Tag
The Man Who Drinks Water
You list all that and forget 'Murderer Mr. Takahashi'? No way.
That's Fukkun you're thinking of — Fukawa, not Fuse.
The bank probably figures it's still recoverable, collateral included. Tokyo real estate's been rising, so their call is that it's fine to leave things as-is for now — but they'll move to seize it the moment things look shaky.
> In an interview with web media outlet 'bjb': 'Even now I still get the occasional TV offer, but I rarely come across a project I find genuinely interesting, so I turn them down.'
> The article adds: The scandal over his affair badly damaged Fuse's image, and combined with his own defiant attitude, his TV appearances as an actor kept declining.
So which is it — is he just being picky, or did the offers actually dry up?
Does that even work as a cane?
Probably the long cardboard core from a roll of plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
Background and Talking Points
What went bankrupt this time wasn’t Hiroshi Fuse himself, but Bariki-ya Co., Ltd., the talent agency he heads, with the order issued by the Tachikawa Branch of the Tokyo District Court. On the thread, the point that split opinion the most was between posters noting that ‘bankruptcy = the company,’ meaning his home wouldn’t be seized without a personal guarantee, and others countering that for small, closely-held companies a representative’s personal guarantee is essentially standard practice. Fuse became widely known in the ’90s for ‘trendy dramas’ like *I’ve Always Loved You* and as a regular on *Ito-ke no Shokutaku*, but his TV appearances reportedly declined after reports of an affair. Whether the reported ¥200 million annual income was accurate, and whether he was simply choosing his projects or the offers had actually dried up, remains unclear from his own comments alone, and the thread never got past speculation on that point. One thing readers can easily misunderstand is that a company’s bankruptcy doesn’t mean Fuse lost all his personal assets — whether assets like his home are seized right away depends on whether there’s collateral involved and on the lending institution’s judgment.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread ‘[Entertainment] Popular 68-Year-Old ‘Trendy Drama’ Actor Faces Bankruptcy… Life Upended by Caring for His Parents, We Asked the Man Living in a ¥300 Million Mansion ‘What’s Next?’.’
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