5 Films & TV Shows Set In Shiga Prefecture

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  Tora-san's Easy Advice

  Shiga Prefecture Niigata Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture

  Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a friend’s sister. Tora-san meanwhile helps an injured housewife on her yearly vacation.

  Released in 1994 • 101 minutes
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  Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

  Shiga Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture

  During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.

  Released in 1982 • 110 minutes
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  Gamera: Super Monster

  Toyama Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Aichi Prefecture

  A 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.

  Released in 1980 • 92 minutes
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  Gamera vs. Barugon

  Toyama Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

  Gamera burns the streets of Osaka in an instant! Barugon freezes Osaka Castle with a single gust! An underwater clash at Lake Biwa! — Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.

  Released in 1966 • 106 minutes
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  Frankenstein vs. Baragon

  🇩🇪 Germany Shiga Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Hiroshima Prefecture Gunma Prefecture The 1960s The 1940s

  A fearsome kaijin? A mad new antagonistic kaiju? A golden entertainment epic of Japan-U.S. collaboration! — During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.

  Released in 1965 • 90 minutes