<figure id="attachment_319772" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-319772" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="25f00682"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/77945d957a525d48ee72becb3cb479ad.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-319772" class="wp-caption-text">In October &#8217;20, nine months after the affair, this magazine spotted Karada with her hair buzzed and short.</figcaption></figure>
 Erika Karada (25) appeared at the stage greeting for the omnibus film &#8220;The Relentless World&#8221; in Tokyo on June 24. Karada stars in &#8220;Midnight Kiss&#8221; in the film, which consists of three short stories. Karada plays a peculiar heroine, an evil woman who commits a crime but keeps escaping by using men as stepping stones.
 Director Dai Samukai confessed about Karada&#8217;s role in the film, &#8220;I have her play a rather terrible role. He also recalled that he thought it was best to make Karada look attractive in the film. Karada also said , &#8220;There were quite a few things I thought were terrible. I hope that they were reflected in an attractive way,&#8221; she said, expressing her hope that her newfound talent would be unveiled to the world.
 However, this news was unexpectedly sparked by a fire that &#8220;spread.
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 As you know, in June, Karada&#8217;s senior at her office, Ryoko Hirosue (42), and chef Shusaku Toba (45), were in the news every day for their affair. The timing was too bad for Karada, who was heavily bashed for her affair with Masahiro Higashide (35) in 2008. It turned out to be too bad timing for Karada, who was heavily bashed for her affair with Higashide Masahiro (35) in 2008.
 There was one more thing that went wrong for Karada. In an interview she gave to ENCOUNT in connection with the film, she said of her absence due to the affair, &#8220;I thought it was a time I didn&#8217;t need to know about.
 I think it was a time I had to know. I had no cell phone, I didn&#8217;t watch TV, I didn&#8217;t watch movies. I would read novels, compile them into a report once a week, give it to the president (of my office), and we would discuss them.
 During the period of house arrest, she also helped out at the office and filmed and studied her own plays.
 After that, Karada resumed full-fledged activities with the movie &#8220;Nouhou, Nagare&#8221; last November, and has been building up her reputation step by step, including &#8220;Corpse Man&#8221; in March of this year, in which she played the heroine. Although she was just talking about her &#8220;starting point,&#8221; so to speak, some people seemed to be emotionally affected by this statement. There was a flood of comments accusing him of &#8216;breaking up people&#8217;s families and turning it into a good story&#8217; and &#8216;Do you know why you were suspended from work?
 In a May report in Josei Jishin (Women&#8217;s Journal of Japan), Karada was ranked second in a ranking of &#8220;Female Celebrities Whose Infidelity Reports I Don&#8217;t Want to Support,&#8221; ahead of Becky in third and Takako Uehara in fourth (No. 1 was Yakushin Yagi, No. 2 was Yakushin Yagi, and No. 3 was Yakushin Yagi). (No. 1 was Mari Yaguchi).
 Why is Karada so disliked?
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 The biggest reason is that her ex-wife Anzu, Higashide&#8217;s lover, is well-liked by many women of all ages. But if I had to make one more point, it would be that there may have been a problem with the way the office handled the situation. At the time of the affair, we only heard comments from the office and never heard Karada&#8217;s &#8220;voice.
 In an article in Bunshun on January 22, Hirosue said that she contacted Bunshun because she distrusted the office&#8217;s response to Bunshun&#8217;s questions about their affair, which was to make no comment. She may be right.
 However, Karada also said in the interview with &#8220;ENCOUNT&#8221; as mentioned above.
 President Dramaworld faced me more than I faced myself, so I felt that I had to do my absolute best and that I had no choice but to repay him through my acting, so I am doing that now. 
 Karada will appear in the much-talked-about film &#8220;Queen of Villainy,&#8221; which will be released on Netflix by the end of this year. By then, I wonder if this headwind will have subsided.
<figure id="attachment_319773" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-319773" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="27cf7462"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/ccb77e41de01514f83fdabb2cfe1ad81.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-319773" class="wp-caption-text"> When this magazine asked her directly, she simply repeated, &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_319775" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-319775" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5cd7f84d"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/7a41fffcbaf1876c703c8cd33102a561.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-319775" class="wp-caption-text"> Karada says she has six cameras. Two months later, she appeared in a camera magazine for the first time after her house arrest.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_319774" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-319774" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3c96eca6"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/e7eaded0bbe001956e103f42ab7dae0d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-319774" class="wp-caption-text"> During the period of house arrest, she spent her days shuttling back and forth between her office and home.</figcaption></figure>

 Takao Kawakami

 On June 24, Erika Karada appeared on stage to greet the audience for "Kiss at Midnight," a film in which she plays the lead role. In this film, she breaks new ground by playing a quirky bad girl. However, she was unexpectedly sparked by the affair with Ryoko Hirosue, a senior associate at her office...

Erika Karada, who has been eager to appear on stage&#8230; &#8220;Fire spreading&#8221; due to Ryoko Hirosue&#8217;s infidelity, is still branded with a &#8220;brand from the past&#8221; that cannot be wiped away.

Erika Karada, who has been eager to appear on stage… “Fire spreading” due to Ryoko Hirosue’s infidelity, is still branded with a “brand from the past” that cannot be wiped away.

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