YOU Tachi HAPPY Eiga Ban Himawari

[Machine Translation] This is a feature film that originated from the radio program "YOU DARU HAPPY," in which TUBE's Nobuteru Maeda is a radio personality. Maeda, who experienced firsthand the problem of depopulation in rural areas during his live tours around Japan, teamed up with director Tatsu Sugimoto, who worked on "Mirai Nikki", to create a film with the theme of regional development. Set in Nasu-Karasuyama City, Tochigi Prefecture, the film blends documentary and narrative in a realistic depiction of the people and scenery of the region. --Yuka and Yui, two high school girls living in Nasu-Karasuyama, participate in the launch of a community FM station that is to be established to boost the town. While searching for material for their program, they learn that the local "Yamaage Festival" is suffering from a serious lack of supporters. The two work hard to solve the problem, and the town revitalization project they set in motion gradually grows in scale as people become involved. The two high school girls at the center of the story are local high school students selected through an audition held in Nasu-Karasuyama, with Shunsuke Daito as Natsuo, who helps run the FM, and Takara Sakumoto (Wrath) as Ryuji.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of

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TUBE・前田亘輝がパーソナリティを務めるラジオ番組「YOU達HAPPY」から生まれた長編映画。全国をまわるライブツアーの中で地方の過疎化問題を肌で感じた前田が、『未来日記』を手がけた杉本達監督とタッグを組み、地方創生をテーマに作品を企画。栃木県那須烏山市を舞台に、ドキュメントと物語を融合させて、地域の人々や風景をリアルに描いた。 ――那須烏山に住む女子高生の佑香と由比は、町を盛り上げるために開設されることになったコミュニティFMの立ち上げに参加。番組のネタを探す2人は、ある時、地元の"山あげ祭り"が深刻な担い手不足に悩んでいることを知る。その問題を解決するため奔走する2人の仕がけた町おこし大作戦が、徐々に人々を巻き込み、大きくなっていく。物語の中心となる2人の女子高生は、那須烏山で行ったオーディションにより地元の高校生を抜てき。FM運営を手助けする夏生役に大東駿介、龍二役に「怒り」の佐久本宝。

映像特典: メイキング映像(約17分)