"Picture Painting Teenagers" is coming to the Beijing Film Festival!

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The film version of "Boys" premiered in 158 theaters in Japan on March 29. It is based on the stage performance "Boys", in which every young member of the Janis firm participates, and president Jonny Kitagawa will personally do it from planning to production and the general conductor. At the premiere meeting at Piccadilly marunouchi in Tokyo, 14 participants and director Katsuhi Motoki, a member of Janis Jr. 's group "Six TONES" and "Snow Man," came to the scene.

At the meeting, Jr. members sang "Fire Storm" while slowly appearing from the aisle between the audiences. The premiere area includes 47 prefectures in Japan (Japan now has a total of 1, 1, 2, and 43 prefectures). Kyomoto said excitedly, "It is too weak to spread in the form of stage performances alone, and the number of performances is also very limited." And the film can be watched by audiences across the country, this film and television is a very valuable opportunity, I am grateful! ”

Janis also implemented the "Film & Live" program, where the same venue performs live before and after the film screening until April 7. Yugo Takachi smiled and said, "I've heard of the tradition of performing after a movie screening before, so this time we also want to challenge it." I don't know who will come to the stage, I am looking forward to it. ”

In addition, the work will also participate in the 9th Beijing International Film Festival, which opens on April 13. Jesse ( ジェシー), who will come to Beijing with the film, said positively: "Although I am very nervous, I will still promote 'Teenagers' in English, it is really a good movie." 」 At the same time, I also hope that more people can understand the goodness of Janis Firm. Tanaka also expressed his expectations: "This game has a little bit of musical theater color, but I think that even audiences who are not familiar with the songs in the work can feel what we want to convey through music alone." ”

The first stage performance of "Boys" was in 1969, and director Katsuyo Benmu said: "The director's work made me feel the charm of Janis Studios for more than half a century, and it was a very fulfilling experience for me personally. At the same time, the actors can accurately grasp the role, and unlike the live performance, everyone has released the acting skills that are suppressed by the small stage this time, which feels very good and praiseworthy. (Charles/Translation)