18th New York Asian Film Festival

Jun 28 - Jul 14, 2019

Photo: © 2019 "FLY ME TO SAITAMA" Film Partners

New York Premiere

Fly Me to the Saitama

翔んで埼玉

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

SCHEDULE:

Sunday July 14, 1:00pm
SVA Theatre