Hideki TAKEUCHI 武内英樹
Fly Me To The Saitama -FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE-
翔んで埼玉 ～琵琶湖より愛をこめて～
Nippon Cinema ª
The sequel to the hit FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA (NIPPON CINEMA AWARD 2019) celebrates its German premiere at Nippon Connection! Rebel leader Rei seeks to spruce up Saitama Prefecture by constructing a beach and an artificial sea. Hideki TAKEUCHI sends his heroes across Japan to ridicule regional peculiarities in this exuberant rollercoaster of a film!
翔んで埼玉 ～琵琶湖より愛をこめて～
Tonde Saitama ～Biwako yori ai o komete～
Japan 2023
116 minutes
Director
Hideki TAKEUCHI
Script
Yuichi TOKUNAGA based on a manga by Mineo MAYA
Cinematography
Sohei TANIKAWA
Music
Face 2 fAKE
World sales
Pony Canyon
Cast
GACKT, Fumi NIKAIDO, Anne, Ainosuke KATAOKA, Ryo KATO
About Hideki TAKEUCHI
武内英樹
Hideki TAKEUCHI was born in 1966. After completing his studies at Waseda University, he began working at Fuji TV in 1990 and directed numerous successful TV dramas. His big break came in 2012 with THERMAE ROMAE (NC ’13). His subsequent films THERMAE ROMAE 2 (2014) and FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA (2019 / NIPPON CINEMA AWARD 2019 and Japan Academy Film Prize 2020) also achieved great success.