Sono Sion held a press conference at the FCCJ, stating that he has basically not been able to do any work at all since the sex assault report in 2022 and that he's doing this press conference with the sole intention of being able to make films again

He also revealed that he's suing actor Yuki Matsuzaki, who said on Twitter that he demanded sexual acts from actresses he met at his workshop, claiming that he had been defamed and seeking compensation for damages.

>“For the past three years, I have been exhausted, depressed, and contemplated suicide after taking excessive amounts of sleeping pills. I was also hospitalized in a psychosomatic clinic." ”My wife was also living an anxious life. Of course, my income was cut off, funds were poured into the trial, and I ran out of money. I was driven into a corner by unjustified slander"

Full press conference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoUL-IzBX-U&ab_channel=THEPAGE%EF%BC%88%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%EF%BC%89