[Sacred Place Pilgrimage] 4 selections of movie/drama settings in Ozu
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Ozu still has a retro townscape, and there are many locations that have been used as filming locations and settings for famous movies and dramas that everyone knows. Among them, this time I would like to introduce four filming locations that I have carefully selected. How about pretending to be a ch...
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- Introducing 4 movie/drama settings in Ozu!
- 1. Sparrow's door is locked
- 2. Tokyo Love Story
- 3. Good morning
- 4. It’s Tough Being a Man: Torajiro and the Lord
Introducing 4 movie/drama settings in Ozu!
Ozu still has a retro townscape, and there are many locations that have been used as filming locations and settings for famous movies and dramas that everyone knows.
Among them, this time I would like to introduce four filming locations that I have carefully selected.
How about pretending to be a character from a movie or drama and experiencing the film at the filming location?
We also recommend NIPPONIA HOTEL Ozu Castle Town as a base for walking around Ozu. If you are staying overnight, please also refer to the article below.
1. Sparrow's door is locked
The Sparrow's Door Shut is an animated movie released in 2022, and is a road movie about a journey while closing the door that is the source of disaster.
Did you know that Ozu appears in a movie that is very popular both in Japan and abroad?
JR Iyo-Ozu Station
JR Iyo-Ozu Station is depicted while chasing the cat character "Daijin".
Ozu Castle
Ozu Castle, the symbol of Ozu, is also a scene of the sparrow locking its doors.
You can also see Ozu Castle in a ~10 second scene in this video.
Please try to find a place where you can take the same photos as in the movie!
Doors and chairs appear in Ozu and Yawatahama! ?
Although it is not a filming location, to commemorate the release of Suzume no Tojimari, chairs and doors that appear in Suzume no Tojimari have been set up in Ozu City and neighboring Yawatahama City.
Please look for doors and chairs while walking around town.
2. Tokyo Love Story
Tokyo Love Story is a very popular drama that aired in 1991, and is a romantic drama starring Kanji Nagao, Rika Akana, Kenichi Mikami, and Satomi Sekiguchi.
Ozu was also used as a filming location for Tokyo Love Story, and is now a tourist spot in Ozu.
The post where the farewell letter was posted
This is the place where Rika received the juice that Kanji had bought, and the mailbox where Rika secretly mailed a farewell letter to Kanji's apartment so that Kanji would not notice is still installed at the same location.
Ozu Shrine
This is the shrine where Kanji and Rika visited together. It is loved by the locals and is visited by many worshipers.
Morning street
Ohanahan Street, from which the word ``Ohanahan'' (described later) comes from, is an area where the town layout and rows of houses from the Edo period have been faithfully preserved.
Ohanahan Street is the place where Kanji and Rika are walking and talking together in the final episode of Tokyo Love Story.
3. Good morning
Ozu is also used as a filming location for NHK's morning TV drama series Ohanahan.
Ozu City is depicted as the town where the main character, Hana, was born and raised, and the title of the drama later came to be used as the name of the street.
Ohanahan Street is an area where the town layout and rows of houses from the Edo period have been faithfully preserved, allowing you to get a glimpse of how life was back then.
4. It’s Tough Being a Man: Torajiro and the Lord
The 19th installment of the Otoko wa Tsuraiyo series, ``Otoko wa Tsuraiyo: Torajiro and the Lord,'' is also a drama set in Ozu.
Former Kato family main building
The former main residence of the Kato family is said to be the lord's mansion in ``It's Tough Being a Man: Torajiro and the Lord,'' and is affectionately known as ``Lord's Park'' by local residents.
Otosama Park is a residence built by Yasumichi Kato, a descendant of the former lord of the Ozu domain, and is currently registered as a nationally registered tangible cultural property.
After renovation work in 2021, part of the first floor is open to the public, and part of the first floor and the second floor can be used as the MITI building of NIPPONIA HOTEL Ozu Castle Town where you can actually stay.
Otosama Park also appears at around 1:11 seconds in the trailer.
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Ozu City belongs to an area called Nanyo on the western side of Shikoku, and is centered around the Ozu Basin, facing the Seto Inland Sea to the north and the Shikoku Mountains to the south. The clear stream, Hijikawa River, flows through the center of the city, and as the name suggests, the river curves like an elbow. Ta. In the Edo period, the remains of a prosperous castle town around Ozu Castle are still alive on the banks of the Hijigawa River.
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