Photo: © 2019 "FLY ME TO SAITAMA" Film Partners
Fly Me to the Saitama
This riotously irreverent manga adaptation imagines the petty rivalries between Tokyo and neighboring Chiba and Saitama (think Manhattan versus bridge and tunnel) as a seething political struggle. 'Saitamese' are downtrodden and even need a visa to enter the big city. Cue a ‘boys love’ plot thread between the feminine-looking Momoi, son of the Tokyo governor (spunky Nikaido Fumi in her cosplay best) and a handsome male transfer student (Gackt) secretly from the other side of the tracks. Before long they are fighting side by side in the resistance as the prejudice-driven feud comes to a frothy head.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Cast: Fumi Nikaido, Gackt, Yusuke Iseya, Masaki Kyomoto
Languages: Japanese with English subtitles
2019; 107 min.; DCP