Thursday, March 24, 2011

Tokyo Movies: 5 Famous Hollywood Movies

By Cecilia Owens


Hollywood searches for new and exciting ways to pull in the audience for their movie experience. Tokyo remains one of the most popular locations due to its exotic appeal and will allow the viewer to jump head first into the unknown. While filming in Tokyo the movie producer is allowed to engulf the audience into the unimaginable. This location remains still immersed in old world styling while still offering parts that will speed the production into a world far into the future.

Movie experience should take the viewer into a world they would not normally experience in real life. That is why movies were invented in the first place. Tokyo with it's exotic glamorous locale allows those who will never have the chance to go where they will never get the opportunity to ever see. So by escaping into the imagination of the filmmakers the average person can travel to worlds beyond their realm of reality.

While these most famous 5 Hollywood films are actually shot in Tokyo, there are other movies, which were not shot in Japan but portray Japan in all its wonders:

Letters from Iwo Jima

This movie was filmed in some best available locations in Japan and credit goes to crew-members that were successful in depicting scenes as from an old Japan. Battle of Iwo Jima gave audiences, a real feel of war and was rated the best among similar movies. The audience sees the war in perspective of two soldiers of Japan. Credit for transformation of set goes to Director and Producer Clint Eastwood.

The Last Samurai

Next on the list is another war movie, which starred Tom Cruise. Similar to Letters from Iwo Jima only in the aspect that Tokyo was transformed into a world of the past. This film tells the story of a troubled American soldier while he finds inner peace staying at a remote Japanese village.

Kill Bill

This movie was broken down into two separate films and shooting of larger portions of both the films have been made in beautiful and charming locations. While watching, the viewer can feel that the movie Kill Bill is quite successful to set the original Japanese epic characters into present day global perspective.

The Grudge

The Grudge, filmed with the help of the director of the original Japanese movie will remain the scariest movie ever as this horror flick was shot on locations in Tokyo. It is agreed world wide that due to its atmospheric quality Japan remains to be one of the best locations for shooting horror films.

Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Probably one of the most famous of movies filmed in Tokyo is probably the one movie in the Fast and the Furious franchise that remains the least popular. This movie ranks high in action with a great story of a young American man becoming involved with illegal street racing in Tokyo.

So when choosing a locale for a movie and exotic is the desire, Tokyo should be a definite consideration.




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