(SM Entertainment)

A documentary film featuring an annual world concert tour by K-pop artists managed by SM Entertainment will open in theaters of South Korea, Japan and China this summer, the entertainment agency said Friday.

The film titled "SMTown the Stage" followed the fourth edition of the event that took the agency's biggest artists such as Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(X) and EXO, to Seoul, Tokyo and Shanghai and other Asian cities from August to October last year.

Since 2008, artists signed by SM have performed in major cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Beijing.

Viewers can see the artists' performances as well as rehearsals, backstage videos and interviews in the film, according to the agency. (Yonhap)