Boys (Japanese musical)

Genre

teen film

Country

Japan

How it feels

A musical about boys in a juvenile prison who dream of friendship, peace, and their futures. They sing and dance while dealing with their circumstances in prison.

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What happens

Boys (Japanese: 少年たち, Hepburn: Shōnentachi) is a musical theatre production featuring many performers from Johnny & Associates. The theme of the show is friendship, peace, and dreams of future by boys in juvenile prison for various reasons. Since its premiere in 1969, Four Leaves played the lead roles until 1975, and since its restoration in 2010, many young members, mainly trainees affiliated with Johnny's, have appeared in the show. The musical theatre Boys was premiered in 1969, using songs from Four Leaves' 1969 LP record Boys: A Little Resistance. This play was revised and performed in successive productions, and became known as Boys musical theatre series. In 2010, after 34-year absence, the play was revived starring A.B.C-Z and Kis-My-Ft2, trainee groups at the time. After that, it has been performed by young trainees. Since 2015, the theme of "War and Peace" has been incorporated into the show. It was also made into a movie Ninja Drones? in 2019. This production was written, planned, composed, and directed by Johnny Kitagawa. Hideaki Takizawa has been directing the show since 2019, after Kitagawa's death, and Hikaru Iwamoto of Snow Man has been directing the show since 2023, when Takizawa left the company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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