On October 23rd, actress Masami Nagasawa appeared at a stage greeting to thank fans for the release of her starring film "Oi, Oui" (directed by Omori Tatsushi, currently in theaters) in Tokyo.
This is Nagasawa's first lead role in a period drama. Set in the Edo period, the film depicts the life of Oei, a pioneering female artist whose artistic Oui was said to surpass even Hokusai's in the art of beautiful women painting. She was Katsushika Hokusai's right-hand man and one of the few female painters to break through in a male-dominated society. Nagase Masatoshi plays Hokusai, and Nagasawa plays his daughter, Oui.
