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Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 9:59 PM

Live Poll: Favorite Film With Tokyo as a Backdrop

The Tokyo 2020: Games of the XXXII Olympiad (2021) are being held in Tokyo, Japan from 23 July 2021 to 08 August 2021. Worldwide, people will visit Tokyo over this two week period through the power of television. Tokyo has served as the backdrop or been an essential plot element in thousands of movies making it a very familiar destination for many viewers. Source: Wikipedia - Category:Films set in Tokyo

Which of these select movies that use Tokyo, Japan as a significant plot element or backdrop is your favorite Tokyo film? * The answer pool is limited to one IMDb rated Tokyo (minimum: 6.0+, 10k votes) film per movie franchise.

LIVE POLL: https://www.imdb.com/poll/NSsKYVktxEE/

See the partial list of Tokyo set movies here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls507576154/

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3 years ago

Honorable Mention Tokyo, Japan Movies aka Edo

2012 | Movie 6.5 (13,420)
2008 | Movie 7.5 (9,487)
1975 | Movie 6.6 (23,303)
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2007 | Movie 7.3 (940)
2017 | Movie 5.7 (3,301)
2008 | Movie 8.1 (49,570)
2018 | Movie 5.6 (109,579)
2002 | Movie 6.2 (199,620)
1974 | Movie 7.2 (8,125)
2008 | Movie 7.6 (5,725)
1955 | Movie 6.8 (3,170)
2019 | Movie 6.8 (5,638)
2010 | Movie 5.8 (164,770)
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1991 | Movie 7.6 (28,784)
2011 | Movie 6.1 (168,112)
2007 | Movie 7.3 (2,452)
1966 | Movie 6.7 (3,872)
2008 | Movie 5.2 (32,924)
2008 | Movie  7.1 (10,172)
2005 | Movie 6.6 (2,258)
2012 | Movie  7.0 (10,696)
1996 | Movie  7.7 (10,654)
2008 | Movie  6.3 (9,611)
2014 | Movie  6.6 (11,633)
1944 | Movie 7.3 (5,513)
1943 | Movie 7.1 (4,855)
2014 | Movie 7.6 (10,234)
1970 | Movie 7.5 (32,500)
2017 | Movie 6.9 (1,163)
2012 | Movie 5.4 (221)
1965 | Movie 7.9 (1,733)
2021 | Movie 6.4 (450)
2014 | Movie 7.4 (6,573)
1949 | Movie 6.3 (1,908)
1956 | Movie 7.8 (2,912)
Honorable Mentions
Cusp of Inclusion Movies
1949 | Movie 7.9 (15,890)
2007 | Movie 7.6 (53,390)
1949 | Movie 8.3 (15,333)
1967 | Movie  8.4 (11,563)
1985 | Movie 8.0 (16,843)
2011 | Movie 7.9 (34,166)
2001 | Movie 6.2 (317,026)
2001 | Movie 6.7 (38,381)
2011 | Movie  7.4 (38,339)
2013 | Movie 8.2 (63,454)

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3 years ago

You have a typo:

Tokyo will seems a very familiar destination,

FYC:

Toki o kakeru shôjo (2006)

Wasabi (2001)

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@Jessica I corrected the typo and edited the answer pool and honorable mention list to reflect your suggestions.

I was on the fence on including Toki o kakeru shôjo (2006) before, so I added it, bumping another anime film that was less Tokyo focused. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time anime film exceeded all three live action versions and the three television adaptations in both fame and popularity.

Only NYC probably has more films that make the city an integral part of the story. As a result, a lot of great options didn't make the final cut when trying to accommodate all the viable world famous movies, critically acclaimed films and other notable Tokyo back dropped cinematic installments.

A truer minimum rating for inclusion is more like 7.5 or higher, the few films that fell below are notable in other regards, likely falling into the 50,000-500,000 vote range and the well-seen designation.

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3 years ago

You Only Live Twice

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3 years ago

themoviesmith Thanks for the feedback!

The well seen selection has some notable Tokyo scenes in this Bond goes to Japan installment in the Bond series .

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3 years ago

'Really good poll, Urb! My vote will probably go to 'Lost in Translation' with 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' as close seconds. If 'Lost' gets the majority of votes, though, I'll go with one of the others. : )

I noticed one typo:

Which of these select movies that uses Tokyo, Japan as a significant plot element or backdrop is your favorite Tokyoite film?

uses --> use

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Which of these select movies that use Tokyo, Japan as a significant plot element or backdrop is your favorite Tokyo film?

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3 years ago

Hi

This might be a little late but I love the movie Your name (2016), it's a beautifully animated body swap romance set in both the Hida region of Japan and Tokyo. 

Great poll, gave me lots of movie suggestions! :)