■Kenshi Yonezu’s new song “Azalea” will be released on November 18th!
The jacket of Kenshi Yonezu’s new song “Azalea” (pronounced: Azalea), drawn by Yonezu himself, has been released. It has also been decided that the full song will be released on November 18th.
“Azalea” is the theme song for the Netflix series “Sayonara no Tsuzuki” which will be released worldwide on November 14th. “Sayonara no Tsuzuki” stars Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi, and the screenplay is written by Keiwa Okada. A woman who lost her beloved lover in an accident, and a man whose life was saved by that lover. Set in the magnificent scenery of Otaru, Hawaii, it is a beautiful yet heartrending love story of two people who are at the mercy of fate, and which begins with “goodbye.”
Kasumi Arimura will play the heroine Saeko, who lost her beloved lover in an accident, Kentaro Sakaguchi will play Naruse, whose life was saved by the donation of her lover’s heart, and Toma Ikuta will play Saeko’s beloved Yusuke.
The script for this work, which is a completely original story, is written by Keikazu Okada, who is praised as a master of human drama and is a leading figure in the Japanese entertainment world with works such as “The 8-Year Bride: A Miraculous True Story” and “10 Years to Live.” . The director is Hiroshi Kurosaki, who also collaborated with Okada on the TV drama series “Hiyokko” and worked on “Child of the Sun” and the historical drama “Seiten wo Kake”. Prior to distribution, it was exhibited at the 29th Busan International Film Festival.
In addition, it has been decided that general ticket sales for “Kenshi Yonezu 2025 TOUR / JUNK” will begin on November 15th at 6:00 p.m.
Main photo: “Azalea” jacket Illustration by Kenshi Yonezu
Work information
2024.11.18 ON SALE
DIGITAL SINGLE“Azalea”
Work information
Netflix series“Continuation of Goodbye”
Exclusive distribution on Netflix from Thursday, November 14th
Cast:
Kasumi Arimura Kentaro Sakaguchi
Yuri Nakamura Eita Okuno Ayumu Ito
Yuki Saito Hiroharu Furudate Yoshiko Miyazaki Issey Ogata
Toma Ikuta / Tomokazu Miura
Screenplay: Keikazu Okada
Director: Hiroshi Kurosaki
Music: Asuka Matsumiya
Theme song: Kenshi Yonezu “Azalea”
Director of Photography: Kosuke Yamada
Art director: Mitsuo Harada
Executive producer: Makiko Okano
Producer: Jun Kurosawa Teppei Chikami
Line producer: Koji Harada
Production Production: Telepack
Original idea/planning/production: Netflix
Netflix works page
https://www.netflix.com/jp/title/81512200
Kenshi Yonezu OFFICIAL SITE
http://reissuerecords.net/
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