Fly Me To The Saitama (2019)

Original title

翔んで埼玉

Directed by

Hideki Takeuchi

Genre

comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about a rivalry between people from different regions of Japan. The film pokes fun at stereotypes and class divides in a silly way.

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What happens

Fly Me to the Saitama (Japanese: 翔んで埼玉, Hepburn: Tonde Saitama; stylized as Fly me to the Saitama) is a 2019 Japanese comedy film directed by Hideki Takeuchi, based on the 1980s manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Mineo Maya. It was released to critical acclaim and received 12 nominations at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize, taking home the Director of the Year, Screenplay of the Year, and Best Film Editing. It also won the Best Film at Blue Ribbon Awards. With a gross of $32.8 million it was the 13th highest-grossing film of 2019 in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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