The official trailer for the movie "Hikuidori wo, Kuu" featuring Macaroni Enpitsu's theme song "Kakemono" has been released

It was announced on July 23rd that the four-member rock band Macaroni Koshi Mizukami has written a new theme song, "Bakemono," for the movie "Hikuidori wo, Kuu" (directed by Katsuhide Motoki, to be released on October 3rd), starring actor Koji Mizukami. The official trailer with the song was released on the same day. Macaroni Enpitsu, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has written theme songs for movies and TV dramas, but this is their first time writing a theme song for a mystery drama.

This work is a live-action film adaptation of the novel by Hiroshi Hara, which won the grand prize at the 40th Yokomizo Seishi Mystery & Horror Awards (2020). Mizukami will be starring in her first film solo, co-starring with Mizuki Yamashita and Ryota Miyadate of the popular group Snow Man.

The story begins when Kuki Yuji (Mizukami) and his wife Yuriko (Yamashita), who live in a village in Shinshu, receive a diary from their war-dead ancestor Kuki Sadaichi, which reads, "Cassowary, Kuitai." Since that day, mysterious events begin to occur around the happy couple, and Yuriko seeks help from her former acquaintance, paranormal expert Hokuto Soichiro (Miyadate), who had feelings for her. Yuriko becomes increasingly anxious, and Yuji declares, "I'll protect you," but Hokuto also confesses, "I want to protect you, too." And so the story unfolds.

The newly released roughly one-minute trailer shows the two characters, Yuji and Hokuto, colliding over their "obsessions," igniting a battle.

◇Full comment from Macaroni Enpitsu's Hattori (vocals & guitar)

This was my first time working on a mystery film, so I was excited to try a new style of music that was different from what I had done before. I was drawn in by the characters' confusion as they were toyed with by the Hikuidori, and the increasingly insane developments. I also liked the atmosphere of the village, which had an eerie feel throughout the film.

I wrote this song by likening the true nature of the anxiety, loneliness, and doubt that eat away at me to an "invisible monster" like a Hikuidori. In the chorus section, where the shouts are repeated, I think we were able to create a tense atmosphere that Macaroni Enpitsu has never had before.