21 Films & TV Shows Set In Shizuoka Prefecture
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Initiation Love
Shizuoka Prefecture The 1980sSet in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
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Godzilla: Final Wars
New York Arizona British Columbia 🇫🇷 France 🇪🇬 Egypt Shanghai Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture New South Wales 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇦🇶 Antarctica Pacific OceanFarewell, Godzilla. — Humanity final rids themselves of Godzilla, in-prisoning him in an icy tomb at the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Yamanashi Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Niigata Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 2000s The 1950sThe God of Destruction Godzilla lands in Japan! — Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Fukuoka PrefectureA great duel of supersonic speed. — A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
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Godzilla 1985
Virginia Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture The 1980sPrepare yourself: the greatest star of all has returned. — Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
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The Return of Godzilla
Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka PrefectureBreaking 30 years of silence comes the anticipated-worldwide latest "Godzilla" work! — After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Nagano PrefectureA 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Ultraman: The Great Decisive Battle was the 1st movie of the third Showa phase (Jissouji's Ultraman being first and Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army being second) and because of this Tsuburaya decided to make this a reunion of the last 12 Ultras (aside from Ultraman 80 which hadn't come out yet). Tsuburaya decided to give this a different tone than Jissouji's Ultraman, having more new scenes and appealing to the all-Ultra fan.
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The Shogun's Samurai
Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Nara Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture The 17th CenturyFollowing the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
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Pink Lady's Motion Picture
New York Texas Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture The 1970sAn awkward attempt to build a movie around Pink Lady, the name given to a Japanese pop music duo consisting of the very pretty short-haired Mie and the long-haired Kei. Their popularity in Japan lasted from 1976 to 1979 before their attempt to break into the American market with the ill-fated TV show, "Pink Lady and Jeff" (1980), which wound up setting back the cause of J-pop in America by nearly 30 years. Pink Lady they gained a certain amount of attention from the sexy disco-inspired outfits they wore in concert, generally featuring shiny scanty tops, tight hot pants and gold or silver boots, seen to good advantage in some segments of the movie. This musical features the Pink Ladies as circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster before the girls escape with the creature in a circus trailer.
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Hokuriku Proxy War
Shizuoka Prefecture Ishikawa Prefecture Fukui Prefecture The 1970s The 1960sIn the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
Shizuoka Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture Kanagawa PrefectureMechagodzilla has been resurrected! — A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads biologist Ichinose to uncover the work of Dr. Mafune and his mysterious daughter Katsura. Aligned with the Black Hole Aliens, Katsura's life becomes entwined with the resurrected machine.
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Okinawa PrefectureFlying through space and firing missiles! A dreadful Godzilla, whose whole body is a weapon, appears! — An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mechanical weapon.
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Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Shizuoka PrefectureThe Smog Monster Hedorah arrives in a shooting star! — An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Shizuoka PrefectureAn expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
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The X from Outer Space
Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka PrefectureMankind threatened by a deadly nucleus from the vast void of space — The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
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Gamera vs. Gyaos
Shizuoka Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Aichi PrefectureGiant Monster Dogfight — Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to slice things in half with an ultrasonic ray. While scientists and the military scramble to devise a way to stop this new threat, a young boy forms an alliance with Gamera; a monster no one else seems to trust.
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
Shizuoka PrefectureRuler of the universe Planet X — Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Toyama Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture Kanagawa PrefectureSpace Super Monster (King Ghidorah) attacks the Earth! — A meteor lands in Kurobe Valley as detective Shindo is assigned to protect Princess Salno from assassination. She emerges under the guise of a Venusian prophetess and catches the attention of journalist Naoko and Mothra's fairies by predicting a powerful space monster's arrival. The infant Mothra must convince Godzilla and Rodan to set aside their hatred of humanity or face the monster alone.
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
Tokyo Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Gunma Prefecture The 1960sThe two mightiest monsters of all time! In the most colossal conflict the screen has ever known! — US version. The re-edited John Beck version of the film: released outside of Japan and restructured with new footage of American actors centering around a news report plot not present in the original. Eric Carter of United Nation News is joined by Dr. Arnold Johnson as a prehistoric monster emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with their own monster.
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The Mysterians
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Shizuoka PrefectureSpace weapons mobilize! — In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
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Tokyo Story
Tokyo Prefecture Shizuoka PrefectureAs long as life goes on, relationships between parents and children will bring boundless joy and endless grief. — The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
