How do directors explain their inappropriate remarks at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games?

Hiroshi Sasaki, director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games, made some inappropriate remarks against female artists. Hiroshi Sasaki explained: "I am a person who loves to tell cold jokes. At that time, the idea (let Watanabe Naomi play the pig) just popped into my mind, and I never looked down on female artists. I will reflect on the misunderstandings and troubles caused by this. "

But this kind of rhetoric obviously can't satisfy the public. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee has indicated that it will conduct a detailed investigation into the incident. The relevant person in charge said: "If this happens, it will be very sad and regrettable, and Sasaki Hiroshi also needs to take responsibility for it."

Hiroichi Sasaki, 66, is a famous Japanese advertising director. Eight Minutes in Tokyo at the closing ceremony of Rio Olympic Games was directed by him. At the end of last year, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee dissolved the original director team of the opening and closing ceremonies and invited Hiroshi Sasaki to take over as director.

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Many Japanese media have restored the details of the incident: in March last year, when communicating with the performance team of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, Hiroshi Sasaki suddenly put forward the idea of letting the funny female artist Watanabe Naomi play the Pig, and said that considering that the English word "pig" is similar to the English word "Olympic" in the Olympic Games, this idea may have a good result ... This statement is obviously inappropriate.

Despite the protest from the performance team, Hiroshi Sasaki quickly withdrew the message from the chat group, but his remarks have ignited the anger of relevant personnel and have been criticized by countless people. Some Japanese scholars bluntly said: "Making such inappropriate remarks on an international stage like the Olympic Games may greatly affect Japan's international image."