Actress starring in a morning drama makes a shocking confession: “I was brainwashed by Ms. Makiko Esumi.

On April 28, this magazine reported on the bogged-down trial between former actress Makiko Esumi (56) and a prestigious international school. The former popular actress’s unexpected recent situation drew a lot of attention, but it was revealed that another popular actress was actually involved in the trial.

She is Hiromi Iwasaki (46). She had sent her daughter to ‘Kay International School Tokyo’ (“KIST”), the same school as Ms. Esumi’s child. In fact, Ms. Iwasaki worked at KIST as a staff member until February 2008, and it is said that she became close to Ms. Esumi because of that relationship.

Actress Hiromi Iwasaki is known for her starring role in NHK’s 1996 morning drama “Futarikko. In recent years, she has rarely appeared in TV dramas and is active in programs on local radio stations. What in the world does it mean that she is involved in such a muddled court case?

In April of this year, the eldest daughter, eldest son, and second son of KIST’s former board chairman, Mr. K, filed a lawsuit against Ms. Esumi. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate the ‘notarized deed of settlement agreement’ exchanged between Mr. K and Ms. Esumi in January 2008. The notarized deed states that Mr. K will pay Ms. Esumi 230,020,400 yen in compensation and other compensation for ‘untruthful rumors spread by KIST board members that Mr. K and Ms. Esumi had a man-woman relationship.

The plaintiffs, Mr. K’s children, claim that Mr. K isolated Mr. K, who had lost the ability to make proper judgments due to illness and other reasons, from everyone around him, and that Esumi had them write the notarized deed. They submitted Iwasaki’s statement as evidence to support their claim.

Mr. Iwasaki originally trusted and got along well with Mr. Esumi. However, he gradually began to question Mr. Esumi’s words and actions. Eventually, they parted ways, and I heard that he cooperated in the trial of Mr. K’s children, who were suing Mr. Esumi.