Japanese actor Yusuke Iseya was sentenced to one year in prison, with his sentence suspended for three years on Tuesday (December 22) for possession of illegal drugs.
Iseya, 44, was arrested by Japanese police in September after he was found with four packets of cannabis weighing a total of 13.17g at his home in Tokyo.
The actor had pleaded guilty to his case in his trial in early December. His lawyers said he had used the drug to relieve stress and had used it more often because he had been spending more time at home due to a coronary virus infection, Kyodo News recitation.
Prosecutors were seeking a one-year prison term for the charge because they said Iseya had been a regular drug user since 26 or 27.
Presiding judge Chikako Murata said in Tuesday’s decision that the amount of drugs found in Iseya’s possession was too much for his own consumption, but gave him a suspended prison sentence after he promised he would not take the drug. -rithist.
Iseya said in a statement after the sentence that he accepted the court’s ruling and apologized for the disappointment of his friends and fans who have supported him.
Iseya is the half-brother of fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, who died at the age of 76 in July.
He rose to prominence after starring in director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 1998 film After Life and has also been involved in other films such as the Rurouni Kenshin (2014) and the famous Fly Me To The Saitama (2019).
He recently starred as a police academy teacher in the television series Newbie search (2020). – Straits Times / Asia News Network