Where was Ugetsu filmed?
1953 film by Kenji Mizoguchi
Ugetsu (1953) was filmed in Kyoto, Lake Biwa and Katsura Imperial Villa, 3 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming section, in Japan. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Japan. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 3 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kyoto
🇯🇵 Japan
city in the Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
“The set depicting Kutsuki Manor was based on the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Katsura Imperial Villa
🇯🇵 Japan
building in Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Biwa
🇯🇵 Japan
freshwater lake in Japan
“The scene where the protagonists travel through Lake Biwa on a boat was in fact shot on a pool in the studio, with added smoke.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Japan, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Japan
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Set in the same places
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Ugetsu have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Lost in Translation (2003), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.