Yu Aoi, who reported the birth of her baby girl in August, chose NHK’s morning drama “Boogie Woogie” as her first film after returning to work.

Yu Aoi will appear in the NHK morning drama “Boogie Woogie,” in which Shuri plays the heroine, in her first film since returning to work after the birth of her first child, a girl, in August.

The model for the heroine Suzuko Fukugi (Shuri) in this morning drama is Shizuko Kasagi, a great star of the postwar era who sang many famous songs such as “Tokyo Boogie Woogie” and “Kaimono Boogie” and was called the “Queen of Boogie. It is a human story in which she brightens up a damaged Japan with her singing, dancing, and natural cheerfulness.

In the story, Aoi plays Reiko Yamato, the top star of “Umemaru Shoujo Kagekidan (USK),” whom the heroine Suzuko admires. When she performed “Butterfly Dance” in the fifth episode, many viewers were struck by her overwhelming presence even though she did not have any lines.

Shuri, who plays the heroine, also said, “Ms. Aoi has been around for a long time.

Ms. Aoi has always been my idol. It has been one of my goals to act in the same space with her, so this is really like a dream come true.

I’ve always wanted to be in a play with her. Reiko Yamato, played by Aoi, is the origin of Suzuko, who will become the “Queen of Boogie” in the future, and is the key person who will eventually take over Reiko’s passion for entertainment.

Although Aoi now has the air of a “major actress,” her life as an actor has not been smooth sailing.

Aoi grew up in a family environment where she was not allowed to see movies or TV dramas, while she enjoyed classical ballet and classical concerts. In order to become an actor, he learned about movies by renting videos at a local video rental store.

However, she made steady efforts and auditioned for movies and TV dramas, but she was unsuccessful in each audition.

She wondered if she would never make it as an actress if she continued to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.

Such thoughts crossed her mind, and she even considered quitting acting. However, God did not give up on Aoi.

At the age of 19, she appeared in “Hana to Alice,” a film directed by Shunji Iwai. She walked the red carpet at the Pusan International Film Festival and was welcomed enthusiastically by movie fans. She dropped out of college to pursue her acting career.

Aoi’s struggles led her to appear in “Hula Girl,” directed by the brilliant director Lee Sang-il, in 2006. Aoi became known as a “monster actress” and won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Japan Academy Prize. In 2010, she appeared in the historical drama “Ryomaden” (NHK), in which she played the role of Omoto, a geisha in Nagasaki, and also appeared in Yoji Yamada’s “Tokyo Kazoku” and “Kazoku wa Tsuraiyo” series, and is now considered a talented young actress.