20 Dec 2001
Press conference, about his sickness, his debt...Ken cried before the media...
Zakzak (Japansese, with pic)
Here is the brief translation:
(due to my limited Japanese and English, I think I could only get 60% correct...)
Ken Watanabe, drops tears in an explanation interview
Continues to protect the doubt of the wife
With the non-payment of tax, the actor to whom the home receives seizure dealing, Ken Watanabe (42 years old), hosted an explanation interview and drops tears.
Begins with the tone which settles. "Sort of consent, it was because of the big sickness in 1989 and..." and also the fact that work becomes impossible with two times of hospitalization, leukemia was the main cause of debt. Loan of the home (which at that time of purchase costs 170 million of yen) revealed the fact that at present the debt is heavy.
��Bill becomes larger in this 1 and 2 years, and at the beginning this year, tax became unable to pay��, continue to explain ��Being getting insufficient money, started to obtain money from friends.�� Ken confessed the unexpected fact.
However, many magazines disclosed that the real reason of the huge debt was the inappropriate investment made by Ken��s wife (42 years old). Ken denied that, and also denied the extramarital affairs on him.
Gradually, becomes tear voices, concerning his love car, the benz, ��what a shame, it is sold. It takes longer time to work by streetcars.�� ��Everyone will know, therefore, the glory you see is no longer there.�� The face of Ken shows an instant relief of the load on shoulders.
Being impressive in the interview, Ken is continued to protect his wife.
It has been said that his wife has borrowed money from the parents of their kids�� friends.
��Working with utmost effort, I wait and see gently�� Ken was doing likes the character will do in ��Dokuganryu Masamune, The One-eyed Dragon��.
When it goes to the concrete amounts of the debt and the medical expenses, Ken goes silence. ��The explanation is insufficient.�� It was the voices from reporters that heard.
One of the reporters said, ��In view of Watanabe's annual income 60 millions yen or more, it is, impossible to understand the huge amount of debt of about hundred million units.��
