7 Films & TV Shows Set In Shimane Prefecture
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Piecing Me Back Together
Shimane PrefectureA young woman named Izumi (Keiko Kitagawa) suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi (Masaki Okada), who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden death causes Izumi to lose her memory from the time of the accident. A lawyer named Makiko (Nene Otsuka) then helps Izumi to remember the final moments of her boyfriend's life.
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Railways
Shimane PrefectureA heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.
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Sand Chronicles
Shimane PrefectureA young girl named Ann moves with her mother to her mother's hometown after her parents go through a divorce. There, Ann meets her first love Daigo Kitamura. Daigo helps her get used to life in the country. Ann even gets through her mother's suicide.
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A Gentle Breeze in the Village
Shimane PrefectureBased on a popular manga, the film is a tender coming-of-age love story set deep in Japan's countryside. When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.
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Digimon Adventure: Our War Game
Shimane Prefecture The 1990sA year after the events of the first season, a virus Digimon called Diaboromon appears and starts attacking the Internet. The children and their Digimon unite once more in order to prevent him from destroying every communications network on the planet.
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The Castle of Sand
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Shimane Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Ishikawa Prefecture Akita PrefectureTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.
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Tora-san's Lovesick
Shimane PrefectureAfter Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.