Hideki TAKEUCHI 武内英樹
Fly Me To The Saitama
翔んで埼玉
Nippon Cinema ª
Momomi, the son of Tokyo’s governor, often told he looks like a girl, falls in love with the mysterious Rei. Soon Momomi has to decide between his family and Rei. The latest extravagant adaptation of the eponymous manga plays like Romeo and Juliet on speed with added sugar frosting and high octane action.
翔んで埼玉
Tonde Saitama
Japan 2019
107 minutes
Director
Hideki TAKEUCHI
Script
Yuichi TOKUNAGA based on a manga by Mineo MAYA
Cinematography
Sohei TANIKAWA
Production
Fuji Television Network, Toei, Television Saitama
World sales
Pony Canyon
Cast
Fumi NIKAIDO, GACKT, Yusuke ISEYA, Masaki KYOMOTO, Shotaro MAMIYA
About Hideki TAKEUCHI
武内英樹
Hideki TAKEUCHI was born in 1966 and studied at Waseda University. Afterwards, he began working for Fuji TV in 1990 and directed numerous successful TV dramas. His theatrical breakthrough came in 2012 with THERMAE ROMAE (NC ‘13). FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA (2019 / NIPPON CINEMA AWARD 2019) and CELLS AT WORK! (2024 / NC ‘25) brought him further box office success.