[KineJapan] Films set in Takayama (Gifu) or Kanazawa; Tokyo, Kyoto, Hakone?

[Michael Kerpan]

Last 2/3s or Kore'eda's Maborosi is set in and around Wajima, Ishikawa (I
swear a few of the locations overlap with Zero Focus).

Not sure if an anime series masterpiece counts -- but Hyouka is set in
Takayama, Gifu (albeit being transparently re-named).

Many of Jun Ichikawa's movies are sort of love letters to obscure corners
of Tokyo (he seems to be the only Japanese director who did for Tokyo what
Rohmer and Rivette did for Paris). Some examples would be Tokyo Lullaby,
Tokyo Marigold and Tokyo Siblings.

The last part of Shinsuke Sato's I Am a Hero is set in the vicinity of
Fuji-san (first in that outlet mall -- and then further up the mountain
side).

Lots of very fine anime series are set in northern Higashiyama (names
available if you are interested) -- but also Yuasa's movie Night Is Short,
Walk On Girl.

Michael Kerpan
Boston, MA

On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 12:41 PM Bernardi, Joanne via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
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> I’m a faculty host for a tour to Japan this fall and putting together a
> list of films (readily accessible with subtitles) related to the locations
> and sites we’ll be visiting. The cities are Tokyo, Hakone,( Hida-)Takayama,
> Kanazawa, and Kyoto—some like Tokyo, Kyoto are easy but others not so much.
> Here’s what I’ve got to start:
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> TOKYO
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> *Tokyo Story*, *Patlabor 2*, the 1954 original *Gojira* and other recent
> ones, *A Taxing Woman*, *Lost in Translation*
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> KYOTO
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> *Conflagration *(Enjō, aka *The Temple of the Golden Pavilion*)*,*
> *Banshun*, *Lost in Translation*
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> MT. FUJI-HAKONE
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> *Ghidora the Three-Headed Monster* (1964),  *Laid Back Camp Movie* (2022)
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> TAKAYAMA
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> Shinkai’s *Kimi no na wa * (2016)
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> KANAZAWA
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> *Zero no shoten*.
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> Suggestions for additional titles are welcome on or offline.
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> Thanks!
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> Joanne
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> --
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> Joanne Bernardi, Ph.D.
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> Professor of Japanese and Visual & Cultural Studies
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> Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultures
>
> University of Rochester
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> PO Box 270082 | Rochester NY 14627 USA
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