Directed by:
Hideki TakeuchiScreenplay:
Yuichi TokunagaCinematography:
Sōhei TanikawaCast:
Gackt Camui, Fumi Nikaidou, 伊勢谷友介, ブラザートム, Kumiko Aso, Haruka Shimazaki, Ryô Narita, Akira Nakao, Shotaro Mamiya, Ryo Kato, Tsubasa Masuwaka, Kumiko Takeda (more)Plots(1)
This riotously irreverent manga adaptation imagines the petty rivalries between Tokyo and neighboring Chiba and Saitama (think Manhattan versus bridge and tunnel) as a seething political struggle. 'Saitamese' are downtrodden and even need a visa to enter the big city. Cue a ‘boys love’ plot thread between the feminine-looking Momoi, son of the Tokyo governor (spunky Nikaido Fumi in her cosplay best) and a handsome male transfer student (Gackt) secretly from the other side of the tracks. Before long they are fighting side by side in the resistance as the prejudice-driven feud comes to a frothy head. (New York Asian Film Festival)
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