RADWIMPS' Yojiro Noda Performs Live as You, Like a Star Passes 2 Billion Yen
Ryusei Yokohama and Suzu Hirose appeared at a stage greeting at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on the 12th to thank audiences for the hit film You, Like a Star.
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Why it matters
The greeting turns a box office milestone into a report the lead actor can deliver in person, with the theme song's composer present to perform the song that carried the film's promotion.
Key Facts
- You, Like a Star passed 2 billion yen in box office revenue within 35 days of its October 9 release.
- Ryusei Yokohama and Suzu Hirose appeared at a stage greeting at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on the 12th.
- RADWIMPS' Yojiro Noda wrote the film's theme song Yuzutsu and performed it live at the greeting.
- Michihito Fujii directed the film, which is based on Yu Nagira's novel of the same name.
- Yokohama plays Kai Aono and Hirose plays Akemi Inoue in the film.
RADWIMPS' Yojiro Noda, who wrote the theme song Yuzutsu, performed it live at the venue. The film, directed by Michihito Fujii and based on Yu Nagira's novel, has passed 2 billion yen in box office revenue within 35 days of its October 9 release.
Noda told the audience he had known the film would be good from the script and the cast, and said that seeing the finished performances made him feel he had to write a song worthy of them. He then played Yuzutsu at the piano, and Yokohama and Hirose listened from the front row.
Yokohama said the song brought the two characters' lives back to him, and that he wanted to keep sitting and listening. He also said the film is, for him, a work like a first-magnitude star.
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- Cinema Today 横浜流星、RADWIMPS・野田洋次郎の生歌唱に感激 映画ヒット祝い「とても幸せな時間」