The schedule for the press conference has been completely canceled. The 30th Busan International Film Festival announced on the 15th that "Kentaro Sakaguchi and Ken Watanabe were scheduled to attend the press conference for the movie 'Sunflowers on the Board (Final Piece)'.
"There will be no individual interview dates for [the guests]," the statement said, adding that the reason for the cancellation was due to circumstances on the guests' side.
"Sunflowers on the Board" won second place in the 2018 Japan Bookstore Awards and was a best-selling book.
Kentaro Sakaguchi and Ken Watanabe star in this film adaptation of the novel "Sunflowers on the Board," which became a hit. Kentaro Sakaguchi gave a passionate performance as Keisuke, a genius shogi player who is suspected of being a murderer.
Kentaro Sakaguchi was scheduled to attend the 30th Busan International Film Festival, which opens on the 17th, as a guest alongside Ken Watanabe, as the lead actor in "Sunflowers on the Board."
A press conference with Korean reporters was also tentatively scheduled, but the schedule for the press conference has been canceled, and it is unclear whether he will participate in other official schedules.
The Film Festival added that the date of the press conference was never confirmed in the beginning. Kentaro Sakaguchi's cancellation of the press conference was a response to the recent issues surrounding his private life.
Recently, the Japanese media Shukan Bunshun reported that Kentaro Sakaguchi had been dating and living with the staff member who did his hair and makeup for over four years, and that during the same period he was dating fellow top actor Mei Nagano.
Previously, in May, rumors of an affair between Nagano Mei and married actor Tanaka Kei, who is 15 years her senior, surfaced along with Love Affair Rumors.
Regarding the allegations that she was cheating on her boyfriend Kentaro Sakaguchi, she stated, "It's true that I dated Kentaro Sakaguchi in the past, but I wasn't aware that he was cheating on her."
2025/09/15 18:57 KST
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