Higurashi no ki Filming Locations

Higurashi no ki filming locations

Where was Higurashi no ki filmed? Higurashi no ki was filmed in 2 locations across Japan in the following places:

Higurashi no ki Filming Locations

Iwate is a large prefecture on the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan's main island. The southern city of Hiraizumi contains a rich architectural legacy from its period as a political center in the 11th and 12th centuries, including Chūson-ji Temple and the adjacent Mōtsū-ji Temple. Northeast, the city of Tōno was the birthplace of many folk tales, now recounted in traditional surrounds at its Old Tales Village.

Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, with an altitude of 371.4 meters.

Higurashi no ki (2014)
Alternate title: 蟬之記
Runtime: 129 minutes
Rating: 6.6
Release year: 2014
IMDB: tt2770290
Plot summary

A content samurai is given ten years to comprehensively chronicle his clan before he commits harakiri, or ritual disembowelment, for being caught in a tryst with one of the concubines of the lord of the fief. However, not all is as it seems. Nonetheless, fearing dishonoured if the tasked samurai has second thoughts about his sentence chief retainer to the lord assigns a younger samurai to live with and oversee the older swordsman.

Genres
Drama
Mystery
Cast
Koji Yakusho
Jun'ichi Okada
Maki Horikita
Mieko Harada
Directors
Takashi Koizumi
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Higurashi no ki filming locations