''Oumi'' is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

television series in 24 episodes broadcast on Kanal 5. The series was directed by Hans Pihl and Pontus Ströbaek, the host was

Mi Ridell Mi Ridell (born 3 June 1968 in Karlskrona) is a Sweden, Swedish actress and singer. Ridell was a celebrity dancer on Let's Dance (Swedish TV series), Let's Dance in 2008, broadcast on TV4 (Sweden), TV4. Selected filmography *''Oumi'' (2004) ...

as Oumi. Ridell used make-up, posed as

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

ese and told famous

Swedes Swedes (), or Swedish people, are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, Culture of Sweden, culture, History of Sweden, history, and Swedish language, language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, ...

that they were interviewed for a program called ''Good Morning Tokyo''. Oumi conducted the interviews so that the interviewee usually was uncomfortable or embarrassed before finally unmasking. The series was a comedy inspired in

Wendy van Dijk Wendy van Dijk (born 12 February 1971) is a Dutch actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best known for her portrayal of Ushi Hirosaki, a hapless Japanese journalist featured in both a series of Dutch television shows and a theatri ...

's character Ushi Hirosaki.

External links

Web page on kanal5.se
archived on the

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including web ...

fro
the original
Fictional interviewers Fictional reporters and correspondents Kanal 5 (Swedish TV channel) original programming {{sweden-tv-prog-stub