Movies Set in Tokyo

Tokyo on film is two cities at once: the neon sprawl of the near future and the quiet of the old streets behind it. The films collected here are set in Tokyo — not merely filmed there — and tagged by the era and texture of the city each one captures.

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• 1962

  An Autumn Afternoon

  Tokyo — 1960s
  Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 1967

  Branded to Kill

  Tokyo — 1960s
  Urbandir. Seijun Suzuki
• 1997

  Cure

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 2021

  Drive My Car

  Tokyo · Hiroshima — 2020s
  Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• 1948

  Drunken Angel

  Tokyo — 1940s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1969

  Funeral Parade of Roses

  Tokyo — 1960s
  Urbandir. Toshio Matsumoto
• 1954

  Godzilla

  Tokyo — 1950s
  Urban · Island · Coastal Seadir. Ishirō Honda
• 1959

  Good Morning

  Tokyo — 1950s
  Suburbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 1962

  Harakiri

  Tokyo — Early Modern
  Urbandir. Masaki Kobayashi
• 1952

  Ikiru

  Tokyo — 1950s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1999

  Kikujiro

  Tokyo · Toyohashi — 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Takeshi Kitano
• 2003

  Kill Bill: Vol. 1

  Tokyo — 1990s · 2000s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
• 1949

  Late Spring

  Tokyo · Kyoto — 1940s
  Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 2003

  Lost in Translation

  Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
• 2004

  Nobody Knows

  Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 1991

  Only Yesterday

  Tokyo · Yamagata — 1960s · 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Isao Takahata
• 1998

  Perfect Blue

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 2023

  Perfect Days

  Tokyo — 2020s
  Urbandir. Wim Wenders
• 2018

  Shoplifters

  Tokyo — 2010s
  Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 1949

  Stray Dog

  Tokyo — 1940s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2023

  The Boy and the Heron

  Tokyo — 1940s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2003

  Tokyo Godfathers

  Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1953

  Tokyo Story

  Tokyo · Onomichi — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 1995

  Whisper of the Heart

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Yoshifumi Kondo
• 2000

  Yi Yi

  Taipei · Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Edward Yang
• 2016

  Your Name.

  Tokyo · Gifu — 2010s · 2020s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Makoto Shinkai