Asian Pop-up Cinema Opening: Fly Me to the Saitama

FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA (翔んで埼玉)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Introduction and Q&A with Director Takeuchi HIDEKI
Guest Moderator: Mark SCHILLING

Japan | 2019 | 107 Minutes | DCP
In Japanese w/English subtitles
Genre: Black comedy

Director: Takeuchi HIDEKI
Starring: Fumi NIKAIDOU, GACKT, Yûsuke ISEYA

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/316122954

"Fly Me to the Saitama" is Hideki Takeuchi’s adaptation of a 1980s manga about an alternative-universe rebellion by the natives of the capital’s much mocked suburb. Starring Fumi Nikaido as the cosseted son of the corrupt Tokyo governor and pop star Gackt as a mysterious transfer student at the son’s private academy, the film is packed with in-jokes targeting the titular prefecture. As he did with his 2012 time-travel comedy Thermae Romae, Takeuchi also nimbly crosses cultural barriers, this time with hick-versus-city-slicker comedy that anyone who has ever been either can understand. – Mark Schilling - Japan Times.

Tickets are now on sale ($8 - $15)
www.asianpopupcinema.org/tickets

FOR MORE INFO:  www.asianpopupcinema.org