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Osaka

designated city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

🇯🇵 Japan · 34.6938, 135.5021

Osaka is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on. 9 video games and 1 anime are also set here.

5 places inside Osaka have a page of their own — listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Osaka as well.

“Filming locations were in Tokyo (Adachi, Chūō, Taitō and Chiyoda), Onomichi, Atami and Osaka.”

Tokyo Story (1953) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Osaka as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Tokyo Story 1953
Black Rain 1989
“Large parts of Black Rain were filmed in Osaka, although some of the locations have changed somewhat since the late 1980s when production took place.” Wikipedia
The Challenge 1982
“The film was shot almost entirely on-location in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan.” Wikipedia

Filming locations inside Osaka

5 places inside Osaka, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Osaka too.

Set here

Video games and Anime that take place here. None of them is filmed anywhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood — a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Asphalt Legends 2018
Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century 1999
Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020
Yakuza 2 2006
“The other half takes place in Osaka, with the fictitious Sotenbori and Shinseicho areas modeled after Osaka's respectively Dōtonbori and Shinsekai districts.” Wikipedia
Yakuza 5 2012
Persona 5 Strikers 2020
Metal Slug 5 2003
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 2001
The King of Fighters '97 1997
Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within 1998

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Osaka, 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 Osaka?

3 productions are recorded as filmed in Osaka, including Tokyo Story (1953), Black Rain (1989) and The Challenge (1982). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Osaka?

Tokyo Story (1953), covered by 47 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Osaka?

Osaka is in Japan, at 34.6938, 135.5021. The day trip guide for Osaka lists 28 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Osaka?

Nijō Castle, Kyoto, Heian Jingū, Nanzen-ji Temple and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

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 663highland, CC BY 2.5.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Osaka — 28 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.