Yokohama and Yokosuka

[Aaron Gerow]

For Yokohama, don't forget the Hama Maiku films, since his office was  
on top of the old Nichigeki.

Do note that, as one old director told me long ago, Yokohama was one  
of the favorite sites for lower budget movies and TV dramas because it  
allowed for such a wide variety of location types within a short  
distance. I've seen Yamashita Koen or the wharves in many a Nikkatsu  
Action movie.

Also check out this:

http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/kyoiku/library/chosa/banduke2006/banduke_movie.html

When looking for films set in a place, always check out two sources:

1) The local film commission. Most will include on their sites a list  
of films/shows shot there. So look at this, for instance, for  
Yokohama: http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/film/2000.html

2) A local film history. There are dozens and dozens of these local  
film histories, most of which focus on local exhibition and location  
history. Markus and I list many of them in our Research Guide to  
Japanese Film Studies, but here are the ones we list for Kanagawa:

Maruoka Sumio, Kanagawa shinema fudoki (Yokohama: Kanagawa Shinbunsha,  
1993); Maruoka Sumio, Odeonza monogatari (Yokohama: Mutsuzaki Akira,  
1975); Shinema shiti: Yokohama to eiga (Yokohama: Yokohama Toshi  
Hatten Kinenkan, 2005).


Aaron Gerow
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Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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