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| Screenplay: | Kenya Hirata | ||||
| Editing: | Mitsuo Nishio | ||||
| Music: | Yosuke Miyauchi | ||||
| Distributor: | Toei | ||||
| Runtime: | 123 minutes | ||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||
| Language: | Japanese | ||||
is a Japanese film released on May 21, 2019. It was base from the 2001 song of the same name by Mongol800. The film was directed by and featured as Ryota Maeshiro.
The film depicts Okinawan high school students trying to convey their feelings to their friends, family, and loved ones, such as a girl of the same age who lives on a US military base just across the fence, through their band activities. In a small town in Okinawa where a US military base is located, a high school band is gaining popularity. With the ability to sing their own songs and drive the audience wild, the band is scouted by a label in Tokyo and decides to make their professional debut. However, just as they are about to celebrate, a tragedy occurs and the band loses track of their destination. Then, a demo tape of one song and a girl living on the US military base appear.
See main article: Chiisana Koi no Uta. Chiisana Koi no Uta is a song by the Okinawan band Mongol800 from their second album Message. Since its release in 2001, the song has become very popular as a Karaoke song in Japan. In the DAM ranking compiled by Daiichi Kosho Company the song ranked first in the category of the most-sung songs by a male artist as well as ranking second for the most popular karaoke song on DAM Heisei Karaoke Ranking behind "Hanabi" by Mr. Chicken.[2] The song placed in top 30 for Oricon's Year End Karaoke charts for eight years straight.[3]
Mongol 800 announced their song "Chiisana Koi no Uta" will receive a film adaptation on the first day of their "GO ON AS YOU ARE" tour. The film started production in May 2018.[4] Kenya Hirata, who work on the film's screenplay wrote a novel base from the song and use it as the film's script, the novel was release on March 15, 2019.[5] [6] The film was directed by Kojiro Hashimoto, while Kenya Hirata was in charge of the script, produced by Teru Morii and Masaki Koide, and Mitsuo Nishio was in charge of the editing.
Miyauchi Yosuke, a support member of Mongol800 was in charge of arranging the music and songs for the film. He also teach the actors how to play the instruments.[7]
The film was premiered on Japanese cinema on May 24, 2019. The film was distributed by Toei.