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.

And in ’17. In 2005, Aoi was introduced to the fateful film “The Birds She Doesn’t Know Their Names,” which won numerous awards including the Japan Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Aoi plays the role of Towako, a woman who never goes out to work and leads a self-indulgent life, relying on the earnings of a man 15 years her senior, Jinji (Sadawo Abe). She cannot forget her old man Kurosaki (Yutaka Takenouchi) and has a relationship with Mizushima (Momori Matsuzaka), a man with a wife and child, who also has Kurosaki’s image.

The film is said to have “0% sympathy and 100% displeasure. Director Kazuya Shiraishi, who has worked on socially-conscious entertainment films such as “Wicked” and “The Worst of the Wicked”, was drawn in by the original story and made an enthusiastic offer to Aoi even before it was made into a screenplay” (producer, production company).

This is the first love story by Shiraishi, who has made only masculine films in the past. By having Aoi play the heroine “prepared to be hated,” “The Birds She Doesn’t Know Their Names” is reborn as a crazy love story.

Rie Miyazawa, who has performed with Aoi on stage, said at an awards ceremony

She said, “The grace with which she thoroughly lives her role is so cool and manly.”

She was generous with her praise.

Since then, Aoi has been known as a “solitary actress” who never compromises in her choice of films in which she appears. After her marriage and childbirth, she chose the morning drama “Boogie Woogie” as her first film after returning to work. Why in the world did Aoi choose “Boogie Woogie” as her first film after returning to work?

Mr. Toshitake Fukuoka, who worked with Aoi on the historical drama “Ryomaden,” said, “Aoi has a dignified and beautiful figure. Aoi’s presence, appearance, acting, and dancing all bring Yamato Reiko to life and infuse the drama with a compelling spirit,” he said.

Aoi herself expressed her passion for this production, saying, “It is a dream come true for me to be able to work with the teachers whom I have admired in the world of revue, which I have loved since I was a child.

The review scene in this production is fully supported by the OSK Nippon Opera Company, which was the model for the Umemaru Shoujo Kagekidan (USK). The NHK Hall in Osaka is the stage for this production, which features an array of stage directors, music providers, choreographers, and other specialists who have worked with Takarazuka and OSK. It is truly a dream come true.

Aoi, who plays the role of top star Reiko Yamato in this production, was prepared for the role.

Aoi, who has been away from acting for many years, sings and dances with an inner resolve, and the role of Reiko Yamato is like seeing the origin of Yu Aoi as an actress. In the third week of the performance, which Yamato directed for the first time, many members of the troupe asked to quit because they could not keep up with the rigorous rehearsals.

Many viewers were moved by the scene where Aoi bows to everyone and tearfully pleads, “I don’t want anyone to quit,” “I want to have fun with everyone,” and “That’s why I want everyone to continue.

(Director of a production company) Yu Aoi’s “second chapter” as an actress began with “Boogie Woogie. What kind of impact will this have on the heroine Suzuko? I would like to see more of the singing and dancing Reiko Yamato, the top star of the show.