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The special trailer for the movie "Road to Life" (released in January 2019) co-starring actor Nantoshi Omori and EXILE's AKERA was revealed on the 12th. The film tells the story of the friendship between the poet Kitahara Shiraaki, who brought many nursery rhymes to the world, in his turbulent life with musician Koji Yamada.
The film features Omori as Kitahara, and EXILE's Akira as Yamada, who works with him and creates countless brilliant songs for the world. In addition, Shingo Yanagisawa plays Miyoshi Suzuki, Matsushige Toyotomi and Michiko Haneda play the couple who silently guard Shiraaki, and Tepkane Seikan and Akiko, who silently guard Shiraaki, and Shiho Kanjiya and Wakasa Matsumoto play the wives who support him and accompany him in Shiraaki's life. Directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe, director of Half Confessions (2004) and written by Ritsuko Sakaguchi, the director of Half Confessions (2004) and the NHK series A masa (2014), the film was first attempted by a Japanese film at the time-honored Fujiya Hotel in Hakone.
The short film also depicts two people fighting in two after Koji made a request to "please let me compose music for your poems", but Bai Qiu refused to "need vulgar songs" and was cut in two. The second part of the short film shows the deep friendship between the two people with a hug.
It has been clearly stated that the singer who sang the song "Orange Blossom" will also be starred by sisters Yuki Yōri Yasuda Shoko. (Atlanta/Translation)