40 Films & TV Shows Set In Osaka Prefecture
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Kate
Tokyo Prefecture Osaka PrefectureThere's no time for mercy. — After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Ontario Osaka Prefecture The 2010sTogether they can fly. — With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
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Hello World
Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture The 2020s The 2030s The 2050sYear 2027, The city of Kyoto has undergone tremendous advancement. Within the city lives Naomi Katagaki, an introvert and Ruri Ichigyō, a girl with a cold personality. Both share a love for reading books. Despite having similar interests, Naomi is afraid to approach Ruri due to her unfriendly nature. One day, as Naomi goes out for a walk, a crimson aurora pierces through the sky for a brief moment. Shortly after, he sees a three-legged crow and a mysterious man who reveals himself to be Naomi from 10 years in the future, explaining that he has come to change a tragic event that happens to Ruri shortly after they start dating. Naomi follows his future self's instructions and starts getting closer to Ruri, determined to save her. With the help of his future self, Naomi begins his preparations to save Ruri. Will he be able to change the future?
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Deadpool 2
New York Mississippi 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Osaka Prefecture 🇮🇹 Italy The 2010sPrepare for the Second Coming. — Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
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Asako I & II
Osaka PrefectureCollege student Asako falls in love at first sight with Baku after meeting at a photography exhibit. Romance sparks between the two but doesn't last long when Baku suddenly disappears from her life. Two years later, she spots a man that bears a striking resemblance to him. Even though it is only his physical similarities to Baku that attracted her to him, she doesn't say so and starts dating the soft-spoken young man called Ryohei.
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Manhunt
Osaka PrefectureAccused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.
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Sign Gene
New York 🇮🇹 Italy Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecturesign gene, deaf superheroes, sign language, — The NYC agent Tom Clerc, deaf and carrier of a powerful gene mutation that enables him to create superpowers through the use of Sign language, is sent to Japan with his colleague to investigate various intriguing crimes committed by Japanese Deaf mutants.
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The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
Osaka PrefectureWelcome to The Great Happiness Space: Rakkyo Café. The club's owner, Issei (22), has a staff of twenty boys all under his training to become the top escorts of Osaka's underground love scene. During their training, they learn how to dress, how to talk, how to walk, and most importantly, how to fake relationships with the girls who become their source of income. Join us as Osaka's number one host boy takes us on a journey through the complex and heartrenching world of love for sale in the Japanese underground.
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Lovely Complex
Osaka PrefectureKoizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa (Ema Fujisawa), a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy because she is taller than him. Otani (Teppei Koike), a short Japanese guy, gets rejected by a girl because he is shorter than her. Obviously these two would make the oddest of couples and would never be a good match for each other right? Well love doesn’t always follow such logic as Love Complex shows.
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Sabu
Osaka PrefectureWhen a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990s The 1960s The 1950s The 2000sGodzilla disappears. — In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional weapon called the Dimension Tide is created with the intent of eliminating Godzilla. However, the new weapon might also serve as a gateway to something far more sinister.
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Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
Osaka Prefecture Kanagawa PrefectureKaitou Kid dares to challenge the police once more, setting his sights on the Russian Imperial Easter Egg. With the date, time, and place, the Osaka police force scrambles to stop him. But this time, Kid may have bitten off more than he can chew—Conan Edogawa, Heiji Hattori, and numerous others are also trying to get their hands on the jeweled egg.
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Rebirth of Mothra III
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Aichi Prefecture The 1990sThe strongest enemy, the final transformation. — To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.
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Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Osaka Prefecture The 1970s The 1960sNostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.
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Young Thugs: Innocent Blood
Osaka Prefecture The 1970sA Takashi Miike film that is, to a degree, autobiographical-- Young Thugs: Innocent Blood follows three friends through their first year after leaving high school. Having robbed their teacher on their last day, Ryoko gets a job in a hair salon, while the two boys settle down into a career of enforcement and protection.
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The Way to Fight
Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture The 1970s The 1990sDangerous street fighter Kazuyoshi Tamai finds out that his rival, Takeshi, is the leader of a gang responsible for a series of assaults. Kazuyoshi is ready to face off against Takeshi, but comic challenges keep his nemesis out of reach. It's not until years later -- when Kazuyoshi becomes a championship boxer and Takeshi is a pro wrestler -- that they meet again in a battle that pits two combatants with very different fighting styles.
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Osaka Tough Guys
Osaka PrefectureOsaka Tough Guys stars Kentaro Nakakura and Yoshiyuki Ohmori. It tells the story of two hoods forced to take on paid work when they run out of money for booze, who end up being drawn into the spiderweb of the yakuza. Gaijiro Saito and Sei Hiraizumi co-star. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Osaka Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Mie Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990sThe Birth of the End of the Century Tyrant. — The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
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Black Rain
New York Osaka Prefecture The 1980sTheir country. Their laws. Their game. His rules. — Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
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Godzilla vs. Biollante
Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Fukui Prefecture The 1980sThe winner of this battle would be the most enormous enemy against human beings. — After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new mutation.
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The Makioka Sisters
Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture The 1930sThis sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
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Lovers Lost
Osaka PrefectureA poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
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Gamera: Super Monster
Toyama Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Aichi PrefectureA titanic struggle for supremacy as starship Zanon invades the planet Earth! — As a massive alien craft heads to Earth to do evil, three good and powerful superwomen befriend a young boy who has a special connection to Gamera. The alien Zanon launches a battery of familiar foes against Gamera, who might have to give the ultimate sacrifice to defeat the alien invader.
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Yakuza Graveyard
Tottori Prefecture Osaka PrefectureA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Osaka Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Fukuoka PrefectureThe eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.
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