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Nara

city in Nara prefecture, Japan

Japan · 34.6850, 135.8048

Official site

Nara is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Nara, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 4 more.

3 productions were filmed at 6 places inside Nara rather than at Nara itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Exteriors were shot on location in Japan at Kyoto and the Tōdai-ji shrine in Nara.”
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) · Wikipedia

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Nara
Photo: Saigen Jiro · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed in Nara

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Nara as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Nara

3 productions shot at 6 places inside Nara, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Nara itself.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Nara, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Nara?

8 productions are recorded as filmed in Nara, 3 of them at places inside it, including Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021), Rashomon (1950) and Baraka (1992). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Nara?

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021), covered by 11 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Nara?

Nara is in Japan. Its coordinates are 34.6850, 135.8048.

What other filming locations are near Nara?

Hokke-ji Temple (under 1 km), Nara Juvenile Prison (3 km north-east), Tōdai-ji Temple (3 km east), Tōdai-ji Daibutsu (3 km east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Saigen Jiro, CC0.