{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3a367cfbbfdee8fdb7b945e7","clusterId":"c_b10b851b7193f5b463b07aee","slug":"be-first-s-junon-marks-second-film-role-at-ryuji-opening","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"BE:FIRST's JUNON Marks Second Film Role at RYUJI Opening","summary":"JUNON of BE:FIRST spoke at the opening-day stage greeting in Tokyo on the 30th for RYUJI, the new adaptation of the 1983 film starring Yuya Yagira. He described a nervous shoot, from his first read-through onward, and said he wrote lyrics for BE:FIRST's theme song \"It's not a bad life\" after asking director Nobuo Mizuta what words he wanted.","whyItMatters":"The stage greeting puts JUNON's dual role in the film on record: he acts, writes the theme song lyrics, and sings the insert cover, which is a wider share of a production than a supporting cast credit usually carries.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eRYUJI is a new adaptation of the 1983 film, moved to Shinjuku\u0026#39;s Kabukicho and spanning 1984 to 1990, with Yuya Yagira as a man pulled back by yakuza ties after leaving that world for his wife and child. Rina Kawaei, Riku Hagiwara, Ken Miyake, and RYUKI of MAZZEL are also in the cast, and Nobuo Mizuta directed.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUNON said the nerves did not stop at the shoot. When the theme song was assigned to BE:FIRST after filming began, he asked Mizuta which words should appear in it, then wrote the lyrics thinking about who Ryuji is. He also covers Koji Tamaki\u0026#39;s \u0026#34;Melody\u0026#34; as an insert song. He said he did not try to surpass the original and was moved by his own singing when he watched the finished film.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"JUNON asked Nobuo Mizuta what words he wanted, then wrote BE:FIRST's \"It's not a bad life\" from that answer. The theme song started as a director's brief, not a band's idea.","twitterPost":"JUNON wrote BE:FIRST's \"It's not a bad life\" after asking RYUJI director Nobuo Mizuta what words he wanted.","threadsPost":"JUNON wrote BE:FIRST's theme song \"It's not a bad life\" after asking RYUJI director Nobuo Mizuta what words he wanted. That order of operations is unusual: the director set the brief, and the band's lyricist filled it.","newsletterBlurb":"JUNON of BE:FIRST joined Yuya Yagira and director Nobuo Mizuta at the opening-day stage greeting for RYUJI in Tokyo. He described a shoot full of nerves, from his first read-through on, and explained how he wrote the lyrics to BE:FIRST's theme song after asking Mizuta which words should appear. He also covers Koji Tamaki's \"Melody\" as an insert song and said he is satisfied with it.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157738\",\"title\":\"BE:FIRST's JUNON on His Nerve-Wracking Second Film: \\\"I'm Satisfied\\\" with His Cover of Koji Tamaki's \\\"Melody\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5195,"outputTokens":861,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793358866,"createdAt":"2026-10-30T11:08:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-30T11:13:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T11:13:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b10b851b7193f5b463b07aee","canonicalTitle":"BE:FIRST・JUNON、緊張づくしの映画2作目　玉置浩二「メロディー」カバーには「満足できています」","representativeArticleId":"a_8f4e2f35d80964c48c161177","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"RYUJI 竜二\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"JUNON\",\"Koji Tamaki\",\"Yuya Yagira\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-30T10:25:48.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-30T10:25:48.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T11:13:10.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157738","title":"BE:FIRST・JUNON、緊張づくしの映画2作目　玉置浩二「メロディー」カバーには「満足できています」"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["RYUJI 竜二"],"studios":[],"people":["JUNON","Koji Tamaki","Yuya Yagira"],"type":"event","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["JUNON of BE:FIRST attended the opening-day stage greeting for RYUJI in Tokyo on the 30th.","RYUJI is a new adaptation of the 1983 film and stars Yuya Yagira, directed by Nobuo Mizuta.","BE:FIRST performs the theme song \"It's not a bad life,\" whose lyrics JUNON wrote.","JUNON covers Koji Tamaki's \"Melody\" as an insert song in the film.","Rina Kawaei, Riku Hagiwara, Ken Miyake, and RYUKI of MAZZEL also appear in RYUJI."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["ryuji","junon","koji-tamaki","yuya-yagira"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"ryuji","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":18,"overall":"unverified","story_count":12,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"junon","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":8,"overall":"unverified","story_count":9,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"koji-tamaki","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":0,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"yuya-yagira","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":6,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}