Where was Empire of the Sun filmed?

Filming locations

• Towns & cities Shanghai China Provincial-level municipality in China

  “Empire of the Sun was filmed at Elstree Studios in the United Kingdom, and on location in Shanghai and Spain.” Wikipedia

• Towns & cities Trebujena Spain Municipality of the province of Cadiz, Spain

  “Other locations included Trebujena in Andalusia, Knutsford in Cheshire and Sunningdale in Berkshire.” Wikipedia

Also per Wikipedia's article

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Places whose own article says it was shot there

1 place says on its own Wikipedia page that this film was shot there. Not on the map: the quote is linked so you can check it.

• Towns & cities Knutsford England Town in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

  “Notably, in 1987 Legh Road in Knutsford, designed by Richard Harding Watt, doubled for Colonial Shanghai in the opening scenes from Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun.” Wikipedia

Recorded only at country level

Also filmed in Hertfordshire, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.

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