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

[Peter Larson]

I believe that the 5th entry of the Truck Yaro series was set in Kanazawa.

On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 10:53 AM Brian Ruh via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Hakone became Tokyo-3 in the Neon Genesis Evangelion series and films.
> They've had various events in and around the area (like this from a few
> years ago:
> https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/gu900133/evangelion-x-hakone-2020-stations-spas-and-more-evangelion-ized-as-resort-town-becomes-tok.html
> )
>
> I've heard that redevelopment has meant that a number of locations shown
> in the original don't match what is there now, but I'm sure there are still
> sights to be seen around the city.
>
> == Brian Ruh
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 10:27 AM Michael Kerpan via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> TOKYO
>>>
>>> *Tokyo Story*, *Patlabor 2*, the 1954 original *Gojira* and other
>>> recent ones, *A Taxing Woman*, *Lost in Translation*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> KYOTO
>>>
>>> *Conflagration *(Enjō, aka *The Temple of the Golden Pavilion*)*,*
>>> *Banshun*, *Lost in Translation*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MT. FUJI-HAKONE
>>>
>>> *Ghidora the Three-Headed Monster* (1964),  *Laid Back Camp Movie*
>>> (2022)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> TAKAYAMA
>>>
>>> Shinkai’s *Kimi no na wa * (2016)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> KANAZAWA
>>>
>>> *Zero no shoten*.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Suggestions for additional titles are welcome on or offline.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joanne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Joanne Bernardi, Ph.D.
>>>
>>> Professor of Japanese and Visual & Cultural Studies
>>>
>>> Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultures
>>>
>>> University of Rochester
>>>
>>> PO Box 270082 | Rochester NY 14627 USA
>>>
>>>
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