Current & former staff directly implicate Terrace House in Kimura Hana’s death, detailing how relationships & conflicts are engineering by the production team - and how the cast is kept in compliance. https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20200527_1566605.html

A former staff member, e.g., details how in an early season, cast members got a 50K yen bonus for kiss scenes. But the bonus soon disappeared and staff were expected to comply just to keep their slot on the show.

The current member interviewed said the staff loved the SNS blow ups b/c it meant viewers were talking about the show: “It hurt the performers, but we were elated at the attention and really turned a blind eye to it.”

The staff member also confides that scenes were re-shot with the staff telling the cast things like, “Shout louder!” E.g., a scene in the previous season where Hana displayed a fit of jealousy was totally engineered and “was mentally hard on her, I think.”

A young woman died.

For ratings.

吐き出したい。

One Fuji TV staffperson says the show put a lot on Hana b/c she was already a performer. "She gave so much to this exaggerated version of herself, I don't even think she noticed how exhausted she was until she hit her limit. You can't help but feel the dark side of reality TV."

More great details from the article here. https://twitter.com/jt_osaki/status/1265566987360624646?s=21 https://twitter.com/jt_osaki/status/1265566987360624646