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 SCHILLINGJapan | 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 [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 [http://www.asianpopupcinema.org/tickets] FOR MORE INFO:  www.asianpopupcinema.org [http://www.asianpopupcinema.org]