From April 20th to 23rd, the 9th Okinawa International Film Festival was held in various parts of Okinawa.
The title of the event includes the desire to create a festival that is more familiar, has more possibilities, and is more exciting than ever, as a festival that involves the north to the south of Okinawa Prefecture and even to the remote islands.

On the final day of the "All the Islands Big Festival 9th Okinawa International Movie Festival", on April 23rd, at the all-ending stage held at Naminoue Umisora Park's special stage, Kariyushi 58 led "All the Islands". A big band” will hold a closing live!

“Island-wide great band” was formed around Kariyushi 58 at the Okinawa International Film Festival two years ago. ), Hiroko Shimabukuro, HIROKI/RYO/NAOTO (ORANGE RANGE), Kiiyama Shoten, Nenes, and jimama.

First of all, we played "Okina Uta" written by Maekawa of Kariyushi 58 for the Okinawa International Film Festival. Then, Kariyushi 58's representative song "Anmer" was played and the venue was filled with loud cheers. The host, Kariyushi 58's Shingo Maekawa, invited Kiiyama Shoten to perform their representative song "Dumangite", and then ORANGE RANGE's HIROKI, RYO, and NAOTO appeared and performed their representative song "Kiri Kiri Mai". Next, Nenes, who represent Okinawa, appeared and performed “Golden Flower”. ORANGE RANGE's HIROKI, RYO, and NAOTO appeared again, singing "Shanghai Honey" enthusiastically, and the venue was filled with excitement! Then Kiyosaku (MONGOL800) appeared amid loud cheers and performed "Anata ni", heating up the venue even further, and then performed Bob Marley's representative song "No Woman, No Cry" along with Nenes.

Yu Shimabukuro of Okinawan band BEGIN and Yukihito Niira of Pasha Club appeared and performed BEGIN's latest blockbuster song "Umi no Koe". Next, Yukihito Niira performed Pasha Club's "Beyond the Sea". Then, when they played BEGIN's classic song "Ozzy's Orion Beer", the venue suddenly turned into a banquet hall! At the end of this song, BEGIN Uechi and others were called in, and when they chanted “Ari Kanpai”, everyone in the venue made their usual toast pose. Then, when Maekawa invited Eisho Higa from BEGIN, the audience erupted in the loudest cheers of the day. The moment the intro sounded, it showed the most excitement of the day.

Shingo Maekawa enthusiastically sang Kariyushi 58's famous song "Owari Hajimari" while the excitement did not cool down. At the end of the closing live, many Yoshimoto comedians from Garage Sale and Slim Club also appeared on stage, and BEGIN's "Egao no Manma" was performed by all the great bands and entertainers throughout the island to welcome the grand finale. Last year's performance was canceled due to record heavy rain, but this year's stage was a wonderful time to make up for last year's performance.

Shingo Maekawa (Vo/B) of Kariyushi 58
“This year’s stage is two years worth of thoughts. Thanks to what I couldn’t do last year, I was able to do what I couldn’t do last year. It was a wonderful festival."
commented.

The 9th Okinawa International Film Festival, which was held for four days with fireworks that colored the night sky of Okinawa, came to a grand conclusion.
The 10th event, which will be a turning point next year, was also announced.

[All the Islands Big Festival -The 9th Okinawa International Film Festival-]
http://oimf.jp/

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[Kariyushi 58 national tour]
“High Sai Road 2017 ~ Road to Sai Kai ~”
[Transfer performance]
4/28 (Fri): Okayama CRAZY MAMA KINGDOM
4/30 (Sun): Hiroshima BLUE LIVE Hiroshima

<Other Lives>
5/6 (Sat): COMIN'KOBE17 eve
5/7 (Sun): COMIN'KOBE17
5/14 (Sun): Kyoto Rainbow's End 2017
5/20 (Sat): Nagano Tengu Rock Festival 2017
5/28 (Sun): earth water music festival ~a lot of smile~ ＠Yokohama BAYHALL
6/5 (Mon): Shibuya o-west w / MINAMI NiNE
6/10 (Sat): Okinawa Sakurazaka Central w / BRADIO
6/17 (Sat): MIYAKO ISLAND ROCK FESTIVAL 2017
7/1 (Sat): OTODAMA SEA STUDIO2017
7/29 (Sat), 30 (Sun): OGA NAMAHAGE ROCK FESTIVAL vol.8 in Akita *Appearance at either.

[Kariyushi 58 official website]
http://kariyushi58.com/