Thursday, January 24, 2013

Ueto Aya to star in new movie "Bushi no Kondate"

Ueto Aya will be starring in her first movie since she got married last September as announced on 23 January. She will play the lead in "Bushi no Kondate" (A Samurai's Menu) which is the second installment in the Bushi series (first movie was Bushi no Kakeibo starring Sakai Masato in 2010) and due to be shown in cinemas in December this year. Ueto plays the role of Oharu, a divorcee who gets married to Yasunobu (Koura Kengo) of the Funaki family in the Edo era who tries to support her husband to be independent and overcome problems through her excellent cooking skills. Filming will begin from March at Kanazawa City in Ishikawa Prefecture. In preparation for that, Ueto is going through cooking classes now and looks forward to the filming in Kanazawa. Co-stars include Nishida Toshiyuki and Yo Kimiko who play her in-laws.

Source: Sanspo

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