Izawa Office will strictly deal with those who post videos of episodes featuring Shimura Ken illegally

With the shocking death of Shimura Ken due to the coronavirus, many people posted videos on YouTube as tribute.

But Izawa Office, which represented Shimura Ken, are not thrilled that there are people creating video channels as official Shimura Ken YouTube channels and will not overlook the situation and deal with those who are posting videos maliciously severely and that fans of Shimura want to see better control of videos posted.

【違法動画について】YouTube上での違法動画について多くのご報告を頂いています。中には公式を騙る動画もあって流石に看過できない状況であり、悪質な動画には厳しく対処します。皆様に志村けんのコントを今後より沢山ご覧頂けるよう努力しますので、ご理解とご協力を頂けますようお願いします。

— イザワオフィス (@izawaoffice) April 20, 2020

In response, Izawa Office re-edited “Shimura Ken’s Daijobuda” on April 17th and have released the first video for a limited time and the video has since received over 4 million views.

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