4 Films & TV Shows Set In Gifu Prefecture

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  Your Name.

  Tokyo Prefecture Gifu Prefecture

  High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

  Released in 2016 • 106 minutes
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  A Silent Voice: The Movie

  Gifu Prefecture The 2000s The 2010s

  Sometimes the answer is as simple as learning to listen. — Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

  Released in 2016 • 130 minutes
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  Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy

  Gifu Prefecture The 1980s

  Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Inabe, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work together once again to try to save Murasaki and get to the treasure before the Fuma can steal it.

  Released in 1987 • 73 minutes
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  Tora-san Goes North

  Hokkaido Prefecture Gifu Prefecture

  When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.

  Released in 1987 • 107 minutes