BADBOYS Live-Action Movie Releases Main Trailer Featuring JO1 Theme Song

The official website for BADBOYS THE MOVIE , an new upcoming live-action film adaptation of Hiroshi Tanaka's motorcycle gang-themed manga BADBOYS , released a main trailer and a poster visual today. The clip features the film's theme song "Be brave!" performed by Japanese boy band JO1. The group's youngest member Issei Mamehara also stars in the film as the protagonist, Tsukasa Kiriki. BADBOYS THE MOVIE Main Trailer Poster Visual JO1 member Junki Kono, who co-wrote the lyrics of the song along with group member Sukai Kinjo, shared the following comment on the film's website : I worked on the lyrics of "Be brave!," the theme song for the movie "BADBOYS" starring our member Issei Mamehara. As I got to know the story, the main character, Tsukasa Kiriki, who aims to become a "Man" and goes straight to his dream, really resembles Mame (Mamehara), so I wrote the lyrics with a straight heart while raising my expectations for the movie. I hope you will enjoy a lot with the movie “BADBOYS” and the passionate “Be brave!”, which features a retro sound that JO1 has never had before. JOI artist photo Hoiroshi Tanaka's original BADBOYS manga ran in Shonen Gahosha's Young King magazine from 1988 to 1996, then followed by various sequels and spin-offs. The series has printed more than 55 million copies as of September 2015. The manga was previously adapted into a five-episode OVA in 1993-1998, a live-action feature film in 2011 and a live-action TV drama titled BAD BOYS J in 2013, which was followed by a feature film sequel BAD BOYS J: Saigo ni Amamoru Mono in November of the same year. Tatsuro Nishikawa directs the new live-actin film with a screenplay co-written with Kento Mineo. The other cast members include Rihito Ikezaki (INI member), Jutaro Yamanaka, Sora Inoue, Manami Igashira, Joey Iwanaga, Hiroto Oshita, Kasumi Yamatani, Takumi Hyodo, and Sho Aoyagi. The synopsis on the website reads: Tsukasa Kiriki, the only son of a rich family, is fascinated by the legendary delinquent Murakoshi, who rescued him when he was a child, and decides to run away from home to be away from his overprotective parents. After unsuccessfully applying to join BEAST, the largest motorcycle gang group in Japan, he meets Yoji, Hisao, and Eiji by chance. The four hit it off, and Toshi, the seventh leader of a weak team Gokurakucho, asks them to join the team in their fight against Hiroshima Night's. Although three of them, except Tsukasa, have mixed feelings, the four agree to join. Source: "BADBOYS THE MOVIE" official website 1 , 2 / official X (formerly Twitter) © Hiroshi Tanaka, Shonen Gahosha / “BADBOYS” Film Partners

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