Films in this library shot in Japan, a national cinema of enormous influence, and a location shot on its own terms. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
Japan
JapanKurosawa's 1958 medieval adventure. Mifune as general, two bumbling peasants.
JapanYoji Yamada's 2002 late-Edo samurai drama. Hiroyuki Sanada as widowed petty officer.
China2012 Sam Mendes Bond film with Craig facing Javier Bardem. M's past returns, Bond's Scottish childhood home, Adele theme song.
Bahamas1977 Lewis Gilbert Bond film with Moore teamed with Soviet agent Barbara Bach against Stromberg. The Spy Who Loved Me is Lewis Gilbert's 1977 British spy film.
Bahamas1967 Lewis Gilbert Bond film with Connery in Japan facing Blofeld in a hollow volcano. You Only Live Twice is Lewis Gilbert's 1967 British spy film loosely adapting Ian Fleming's 1964 novel.
Japan
JapanKurosawa's 1985 King Lear in feudal Japan. Three-hour battle epic with armies of 1,400 extras.
JapanKurosawa's 1957 Macbeth set in feudal Japan. The arrow finale is among the most committed practical-effects sequences ever filmed.
JapanKurosawa's 1961 samurai-noir. Mifune as the masterless ronin who plays two factions against each other.
Japan
JapanKurosawa's 1950 film that gave English the word for unreliable narrative. Four versions of one crime, each true, each false.
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