Tokyo Friends: The Movie is a late 2006 Japanese film directed by Kozo Nagayama

Kozo Nagayama

is a Japanese television and film director.-Filmography:*Tokyo Love Story *Under One Roof *Backdancers! *Tokyo Friends: The Movie -References:...

. The film is an extension to the original drama series Tokyo Friends

Tokyo Friends

is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on TV but released as a set of 3 DVDs. Volumes one and two contain the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes.The Tokyo Friends...

 with the same cast and plot. This movie was noted for Ai Otsuka

Ai Otsuka

is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and actress from Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo," which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.A piano...

's debut on theatre.

Plot

At the end of the TV series, Rei began to gain fame as a rising vocalist for The Survival Company. Ryuuji's band though was involved in triad activities and was disbanded. Ryuuji moved to New York

New York

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to restart his life.

Upon discovering that Ryuuji is in New York, Rei flew to New York to meet him just before an important concert that could make her a real star in Japan.