<figure id="attachment_427740" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-427740" style="width: 2789px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="84e8fc64"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/06/052a31be71cfa827e627fe5e16b48d1e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-427740" class="wp-caption-text">Mei Nagano was forced to break away from her role as a &#8220;purist&#8221; actress (LINE NEWS AWARDS 2009).</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Why TBS cast Moo-jun?</h2>
 The affair scandal between Mei Nagano (25) and Kei Tanaka (40) is still smoldering. Kim Moo-joon (27), the other &#8220;party&#8221; to the affair, who was reportedly &#8220;two-timed&#8221; by Nagano, made headlines on May 24 when he updated his Instagram page for the first time since the news broke. The topic of conversation was Kim Moo-joon&#8217;s first Instagram update since the report on May 24. In Korean,
 Happy Birthday, Moo-joon!
 This post caused a controversy mainly on the Internet.
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 Since May 24 was Mu Jun&#8217;s birthday, he may have been saying &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; to himself, but &#8220;lie&#8221; and &#8220;half over&#8221; were more than meaningful. &#8221; are more cryptic than meaningful.
 The words &#8220;don&#8217;t lie&#8221; were directed at Nagano, and &#8220;half over&#8221; was a reference to her relationship with Nagano.
 When the two-timing allegation was reported, Mu Jun&#8217;s office completely denied the relationship. This is a natural response since Nagano has also denied it, but Mu Jun did not appear in the fifth and sixth episodes of the TBS drama &#8220;Caster,&#8221; in which she co-stars, which were broadcast after the news report. This is because
 However, there were reports that the production side, taking a serious look at her relationship with Nagano, may have edited out her appearance in the drama.
 &#8220;That can&#8217;t be true,&#8221; he said,
 However, the production team immediately denied this claim, saying, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think so.
 A source from a commercial broadcaster immediately denied this.
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 Mu Jun is single, so there is no problem even if he is dating Nagano. If he was being two-timed, he would be the victim. I think TBS cast Mu-joon, who is not so well known, because they wanted to bring out Ji-hyuk from the very popular &#8220;SUPERNOVA&#8221; (formerly Supernova), who is also a member of the same agency. He is a very popular member of &#8220;SUPERNOVA&#8221; (formerly &#8220;Supernova&#8221;). Therefore, I don&#8217;t think he would do anything that would harm his relationship with the agency.
 The phrase &#8220;half finished&#8221; could be taken to mean that half of a one-course drama is over. The problem, however, is &#8220;Don&#8217;t lie to me.
 This is a statement that was apparently directed at Nagano. Nagano&#8217;s side has denied it, and his own office has issued an official denial, so there was nothing he could do about it, so he wanted to make it seem like they were dating. I don&#8217;t know if it was jealousy or not, but it was oozing with frustration. I don&#8217;t know if it was jealousy or not, but he was oozing frustration.
 A major entertainment industry executive said, &#8220;He was a devilish woman.
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However, &#8220;Don&#8217;t lie to me&#8221; was thought to mean &#8220;Don&#8217;t lie to me, are you serious? The &#8220;mistranslation&#8221; theory has also been put forward.
 Only he knows for sure, but if he was wrong, he can officially comment on it.&#8221; However, the prevailing view in the industry is that it may have been an &#8220;insinuation&#8221; against Nagano. If that is the case, it means that they have sold a fight to Nagano&#8217;s side. A TBS official also pointed out the bad timing, saying, &#8220;What is he doing (at this time of the year)?
 If a report like this comes out and one side denies it, we will go along with it. If there is a difference in power in the office or in the position of the parties involved, they will follow the higher ups. This outburst has certainly put a brake on his work in Japan. If he were to say anything in the future, he would be completely out of the picture, and I am sure he would not do that.
 His behavior is likely to cast a shadow over his entertainment activities.
<h2> The downside of continuing to be called a &#8220;purist</h2>
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 There have always been actresses in the entertainment industry who have been called &#8220;demonic women,&#8221; but this is because they were attracted to Nagano. Riona Hazuki comes to mind, but there are also Kumiko Akiyoshi, Shinobu Otake, Keiko Oginome, Saki Takaoka, Yu Aoi, and many others, all of whom are prominent figures in the Japanese film industry. Of course, Yuki Saito is also &#8230;&#8230;.
 The definition of a &#8220;devilish woman&#8221; is a woman who, with a face like an insect, takes the men she has been with captive and drowns them, including those she has plundered. Even so, her popularity with men does not wane. The actresses listed above, like Nagano, were originally known as purists. However, after the scandals broke out, they gave up their purity and began to show their physicality in dramas and movies, including in intense and wet scenes.
 An employee in charge of casting at a movie company said, &#8220;Ms. Nagano is very lovely,
 Ms. Nagano is very lovely and attractive,&#8221; said one employee in charge of casting at a movie company. She is very popular in the industry and many people like her, both men and women. There are quite a few directors and producers who would like to use her, so I am sure she will get offers once the dust has settled. This time around, she has shed her purist image, and her casting options have broadened. Yuki Saito, who also withdrew from the NHK Taiga drama series, admitted to having an affair, but returned to acting in a commercial TV special drama &#8220;Kuroido Koroshi&#8221; (Fuji TV) about eight months after the news broke. I think Ms. Nagano will have to wait until the end of the year to see how things go,&#8221; said a casting director at a movie company.
 (A casting manager at a movie company), analyzes Nagano&#8217;s return to acting.
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 Few actresses want to be called &#8220;purists&#8221; forever. They struggle to break out of it, and there comes a time when they suffer. Nagano, who was able to break away from the &#8220;purist&#8221; image even if it was in an unwanted way, has a reputation for her acting. She is expected to be asked to do more physical acting in the future, and she has the ability to meet these demands.
 Not only has she played with two men, but she is expected to continue to do so in the future, making her Reiwa&#8217;s &#8220;devilish woman. In fact, she is sure to grow even more as an actress in the future.

 Hiroyuki Sasaki (Entertainment Journalist)

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