Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke taken to hospital; both parents dead

Wow!

Huge news in Japan.

sounds like gas or carbon dioxide?

Usually this is described as a murder suicide by the media, as happened just the day before yesterday on JT. But as they are a famous Kabuki family it is a "mystery" or even a tragedy.

Rest in Peace to the innocent parents.

Ichikawa does not sound like the nicest person around - and if is proven that he indeed did murder his parents, he deserves to go to the gallows.

Kudos to the weekly magazines for reporting on yet another power/*sexual harassment by a person too big to touch. Also with a famous and powerful father he was probably brought up in a world where this was ok and didn't get the message that things have changed, even in Japan. And blaming it on his parents would be one reason why he would kill them before himself

Suicide murder? Collective suicide?

Talk of the town today....

@Seawolf I can understand the accusation where you wrote "blaming it on his parents would be one reason why he would kill them before himself' but my question is how can he kill himself and then kill his parents the post doesn't read right!

Kudos to the weekly magazines for reporting on yet another power/*sexual harassment by a person too big to touch. Also with a famous and powerful father he was probably brought up in a world where this was ok and didn't get the message that things have changed, even in Japan. And blaming it on his parents would be one reason why he would kill them before himself

The Domino Effect, for years young women and men actor wanna be were victims of the famous and powerful just as they are in Hollywood and many other places around the world with dream to make it someday to the stage they were willing to take the abuse and the risks only to find out they were LIED to and Cheated.

From RAPE to Sexual Abuse dozens of women and men are subjected to this abuse on daily bases in this TOXIC CULTURE.

Another murder suicide? The stress celebrities have must be unbearable. So sad. Will ticket buyers to the Kabuki performance that was cancelled get a refund? Japan Today readers such as myself arenintellects and Japanophiles. Surely, many readers enjoy Noh, Kabuki, etc. It would be nice to know how to get a refund.

This is heavy. Almost Shakespearean. Will shake the nation to the core. Bad timing with the G7 starting too, it’s that big.

Who is this guy he famous? In Japan or in the USA?

too much mental illness here