American Movies filmed in Japan?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by JField

The Grudge and Black Rain are two of my favorites that I remember being filmed in Tokyo.

There was another which featured a dark Samurai clan hunting down an American fighter across hospitals & stations... Had a famous scene within a bullet train / 80's movie (can't remember the name).

Actually Black Rain was mostly filmed in Osaka. The final scene was filmed in LA.

[JayT]

Almost all of Tokyo Drift was filmed in Los Angeles *cough*

[thcuteness]

Originally Posted by rina26

So you're looking for films that had some sort of filming done in Japan or majority or only? Because Memoirs of a Geisha was mostly filmed in California with some scenes filmed in Kyoto.

It.......wasnt......filmed.........in.....Japan?

[Sangetsu]

It is extremely difficult for foreign countries to film movies in Japan, there are endless amount of red tape to get through. In the end, it takes less time and costs less money to build an imitation "Japan" in California or some other place.

More than 90% of Tokyo Drift was not filmed in Tokyo (or Japan, for that matter). The famous scene where the cars "drift" through Shibuya crossing was computer generated.

[JayT]

Originally Posted by Sangetsu

It is extremely difficult for foreign countries to film movies in Japan, there are endless amount of red tape to get through. In the end, it takes less time and costs less money to build an imitation "Japan" in California or some other place.

More than 90% of Tokyo Drift was not filmed in Tokyo (or Japan, for that matter). The famous scene where the cars "drift" through Shibuya crossing was computer generated.

Mhmm, Japan would never close off the crossing for filming anyways.

[joeyj]

Sayonara with Marlon Brando
Flags of our Fathers
The Yakuza
Shutter
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

(you can find more on IMDB)

Also Wasabi is a French movie made in Japan which is really good

[burkhartdesu]

lol, The Ramen Girl.

[eric]

Hey I was thinking about a movie that I saw, I don't remember what it was called but I believe it was filmed n Japan.

The scene that I remember was when the main character had to plant these plants on a crop with his hands and was getting very impatient. When there was a slight wind, all the others would stop for a moment and feel the cool air but he would carry on planting with a quicker pace just to finish faster. Later, he had to re-do it because he planted them to close to each other therefore they would not have been able to grow.

Can anyone help me figure out which movie this was from?

Thanks!

[YukisUke]

Originally Posted by eric

Hey I was thinking about a movie that I saw, I don't remember what it was called but I believe it was filmed n Japan.

The scene that I remember was when the main character had to plant these plants on a crop with his hands and was getting very impatient. When there was a slight wind, all the others would stop for a moment and feel the cool air but he would carry on planting with a quicker pace just to finish faster. Later, he had to re-do it because he planted them to close to each other therefore they would not have been able to grow.

Can anyone help me figure out which movie this was from?

Thanks!

You must be talking about Jet Li's "Fearless". That was one of the scenes in the movie. He told the media that that was his last martial arts movie over here. The movie had a lot of action in it. But it was very sad almost through the whole thing.

[Ramboo]

Originally Posted by Ronin4hire

The Karate Kid 2

you are wrong buddy this movie shoot in China