The Japan Foundation, Toronto is proud to co-present the, Best of the Toronto Japanese Film Festival. The special summer edition features great Japanese films that have graced the big screen during the past eight years of the festival that has been postponed until October later this year.

 

 

Directed by TAKEUCHI Hideki (2019, 107 min.)

 

From the director of Thermae Romae and Color Me True comes a wild comic fantasy based on MAYA Mineo’s popular classic 1980’s manga.

In a luxurious, kingdom-like Tokyo lives Momomi, the son of the corrupt governor and the possessor of striking feminine beauty. He, like all Tokyoites, looks down on the unsophisticated neighboring prefectures, especially Saitama. When mysterious student Rei transfers into the private academy, the spark of attraction soon lights the fuse for a war between the prefectures. A lunatic satire of the universal tensions between urban and rural; overflowing with energy, hilarity, and over-the-top action.

Starring
Fumi Nikaido, Gackt, Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Ryo Narita, Naoto Takenaka

All films are in Japanese with English subtitles.

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