Yuko Ogura gets 17-minute monologue in Oshii film

"Shin Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden," Mamoru Oshii's omnibus follow-up to "Tachiguishi Retsuden" ("Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters") and "Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden," is scheduled to open on November 10. The work consists of six shorts, with one of them starring talento Yuko Ogura.

She appears in the segment titled "Kayo no Tenshi: Crepe no Mami," which is directed by Makoto Kamiya. Ogura plays an idol named Mami who shows up at a Harajuku crepe shop in the 1980s. The short lasts only 23 minutes, but it includes a 17-minute monologue in which Mami explains the history of Japan's Showa era (1926-1989). The difficult and lengthy passage required a combination of memorization and reading.

Of the other five segments, Oshii directed two of them, one starring Yuriko Hishimi and the other starring Hinako Saeki. The other leads are: Mabuki Ando in Kenji Kamiyama's movie, Miki Mizuno in Takanori Tsujimoto's, and Yoko Fujita in Hiroaki Yuasa's.

Yuko Ogura wins 1st Japan Gravure Idol Award

Gravure idol site ZAKZAK announced on Wednesday that Yuko Ogura (24) has won the 1st Japan Gravure Idol Award. The result was based on photobook and DVD sales, internet votes, and other factors.

23-year-old Mina Fukui was chosen for the Newcomer Award.
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