5 Films & TV Shows Set In Aichi Prefecture During The 20th Century

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  Gamera the Brave

  Mie Prefecture Aichi Prefecture The 1970s

  Gamera for the boys, the boys for Gamera! — A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle that grows into a new version of Gamera. But will it become powerful enough in time to defeat the rampaging monster Zedus?

  Released in 2006 • 96 minutes
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  Rebirth of Mothra III

  Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Aichi Prefecture The 1990s

  The strongest enemy, the final transformation. — To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.

  Released in 1998 • 99 minutes
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  Godzilla vs. Mothra

  Tokyo Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Aichi Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990s

  Earth S.O.S.! The battle over the future of the human race begins. — Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.

  Released in 1992 • 102 minutes
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  Mothra vs. Godzilla

  Mie Prefecture Aichi Prefecture The 1960s

  The sky, sea, and land quake in the fierce battle of the century — Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.

  Released in 1964 • 89 minutes
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  Bombardier

  New Mexico Aichi Prefecture The 1940s

  See the bombing of Tokyo before your very eyes — A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.

  Released in 1943 • 99 minutes