Tonde Saitama

20192019
1h 46min

Tonde Saitama (2019)

Comedy Drama Fantasy

In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.

Director
- Hideki Takeuchi
Writers
- Mineo Maya(manga)
- Tomokazu Tokunaga(script)
Stars

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Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations

Tonde Saitama (2019)

Tonde Saitama (2019)

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Tonde Saitama (2019)

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Tonde Saitama (2019)

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Tonde Saitama (2019)

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In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, Saitama Prefecture is particularly criticized by the people in Tokyo. One day, a mysterious male student named Rei Asami transfers to Hakuhodo Academy, a prestigious high school in Tokyo, from America. However, Rei is revealed to have been born in Saitama Prefecture. He leaves Hakuhodo and returns to Saitama, and forms a revolutionary movement to acquire respect and rights for Saitama citizens. Following him is Momomi Hakuhodo, the male president of the school's student council and the grandson of the school principal.

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Taglines
- "We apologize for the people of Saitama Prefecture for making this film."
Genres
Parents guide

Trivia
Mineo Maya came up with the story in 1982, when he was living in Saitama Prefecture. He never completed the story as in 1983 he moved to Yokohama and felt the story was too touchy.

Thus while part of the film is based on Maya's comic, the rest (three-quarters approximately) is based on an original story.

Top review

9/10

A terribly great film.

The name on IMDB is crazy. It's not the same as the manga and makes no grammatical sense.

Anyway, Fly, Saitama is terrible. The acting is over the top, the universe it creates in inconsistent, the directing is flat... and I LOVE IT!!

Not despite, because of these flaws, the film is so enjoyable as everybody is in on the ridiculousness of it all. The only real problem I can see is that the jokes are very location specific. Some of the jokes are just one word and that's a place in Saitama. If you don't know that place, or you don't know the people from Saiatama, the jokes may just fall flat.

That (and IMDB's stupid naming) aside, I can still recommend that you give it a try. You may just have a lot of fun!

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Mar 22, 2019

Release date
- February 22, 2019 (Japan)
Country of origin
- Japan
Official sites
- Official site (Japan)
- Official Twitter (Japan)
Language
- Japanese
Also known as
- Fly Me to the Saitama
Filming locations
- Tokyo, Japan
Production companies
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Gross worldwide
- $32,802,347

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Runtime
- 1h 46min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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