Ohana Han

Filming Spot Guide Number2（Broadcast from April 4, 1966 to April 1st, 1967）

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Tokyo Love Story

Rental bicycles are available forﬁlm location tours.

（Broadcast from January 7, 1991 to March 18, 1991）

Summary
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The heroine Hana had an arranged
marriage to an army ofﬁcer but
unfortunately he passed away. As a single
mother she raised her children
overcoming a series of hardships.

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OinﬁlmedOzu Machi no Eki Asamoya, and JR Iyo-Ozu Stationeach have information centers. At the information
centers, on-site staff members offer various services
including guided tours and rental bicycles, as well as
explanations of major facilities and attractions aroundthe area. Please make sure to stop by one of thecenters before your trip to ﬁlming sites!
Ohana Han Street
Hana s home town. Later the street was named after the title of thedrama. Enjoy a leisurely stroll on the street and enjoy the historic
atmosphere of this beautiful castle town !

Being a Man is a Tough Job-Trajiro and a Lord -Filming Spot Guide Number（Released on August 6, 1977）

7Ozu General
Information Center

0893-57-6655

Iyo-Ozu Station
Information Center

0893-57-9161

War with a Neighboring Town

Filming Spot Guide Number（Released on February 10, 2007）

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Ozu Movies and TV dramas Film Location Guide

My Grandma

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Synopsis

Ozu
Film TourHana Asao（Fumie Kashiyama） Kentaro Hayami（Koji Takahashi）
Kenichiro Hayami（Masahiko Tsug awa）and others

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A TV Drama broadcast by the Fuji TV
network, based on a comic book with thesame title by Fumi Saimon.

EhimePrefecture

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NHK s 6th serial TV Drama.

Filming Spot Guide Number

Filming Spot Guide Number（Released on December 6, 2008）

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Tokyo Love Story
Production : Fuji Television
Distribution : Pony Canyon
Price : Blue-ray Box 19,800 yen + tax
Copyright : Fuji TV

The love stories of Kanji Nagao, his
girlfriend, Rika Akana, and two oldfriends, Kenichi Mikami, and Satomi
Sekiguchi.

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Characters
Rika Akana（Honami Suzuki） Kanji Nagao（Yuji Oda）
Satomi Sekiguchi（Narimi Arimori） Kenichi Mikami（Yosuke Eguchi ）and others

Postal Mailbox（in Ozu City）

Kanji bought a canned drink andgave it to Rika here.The postbox
where Rika secretly posted her
farewell letter to Kanji sapartment still stands at thesame place.

Ozu Shrine
Rika and Kanji visited here
together. The scenes where Kanji
gave Rika his handkerchief whenR i k a r i n s ed h e r h a n d s i n t h ewashing basin and the two looked
down over Kanji s hometown werememorable for many viewers.

Girls Story

Filming Spot Guide Number（Released on August 29, 2009）8Summary

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19th Edition of the Being a Man is a
Toug h Job Seri es.

A movie released in 2007, based on theﬁrst novel that Aki Misaki wrote. Misaki
won the 17th Subaru New Novel WriterAward with this novel.

The heroine, Kin Sugai was registered inthe Guinness World Records in 2008 as theworld s oldest leading actress.

Original cartoon by Eriko Nishihara
2nd sequel, Tokyo Story Saga .

Synopsis

A cartoonist in her 30 s , who had been ina slump for a while, was encouraged bymemories of her friends in her teenage
days and recognized the meaning of lifeand regained inspiration to live by.

Synopsis
The main character, Trajiro visited Ozu
and met an old man who was adescendent of the Ozu clan. He createdsome trouble for the wife of the deceased
son of the old man.

Being a Man is a Tough Job- Trajiro and a Lord DVD 1,800 yen + tax On sale
Production : Shochiku Distribution : Shochiku
Copyright : 1977 Shochiku Co. Ltd .

Characters

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Torajiro Kuruma（Kiyoshi Atsumi）Madonna Mariko Tsutsumi（Kyoko Maya）
Lord Hisamune Todo
（Kanjyuro Arashi） Servant（Norihei Miki ）and others

Synopsis
The story illustrates both the fear andhumor of regular citizens who became
involved in a war between neighboring
towns.

War with a Neighboring Town
Price 4,700 yen + tax
Production & Distribution : KADOKAWA Co. Ltd .

Characters

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Shuji Kitahara（Yosuke Eguchi ）Miz uki Kosai（Tomoyo Harada）
Tomoki Kosai（Eita） Iwatsune Yakabe（Shun Sugata ）and others

Tomohiro had forgotten how important hisfamily is to him due to his busy worklife.
Recalling memories with his ailing
grandmother, he regained an awarenessand appreciation of his family.

My Grandma
DVD now on sale（3,99 0 yen）
Production : Kino Films / Kinoshita Group
Distribution : Amumo 98
Copyright : 2008 My Grandma Production Committee

Characters

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Misao Murata（Kin Sugai） Tomohiro Murata（Kenichi Okamoto） Yoichi Shigeta（Sadao Abe）
Kotaro Shinkai（Susumu Terashima ） and others

Synopsis

Girls Story
Production : IMJ Entertainment /Pony Canyon
Distribution : Pony Canyon
Price : DVD 4,700 yen + taxCopyright : 2009 Eriko Nishihara（Shogakukan）/ A Girls Story Production CommitteecCharacters

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Natsumi Takahara（Eri Fukatsu） Natsumi in elementary school（Ei Morisako）
Natsumi in high school（Suzuka Ogo）and others

Tea House near Ozu Castle

Pokopen Yokocho

Shiraishi StoreSun flower field near the Hijikawa River

This tea house standing near the Ozu castle was seen in the scene
where Trajiro bought ramune soda for an old man（a lord）, whopicked up the 500 yen bill that Trajiro lost. ※This tea house no longer exists.

A nostalgic side street remade to reﬂect the atmosphere of streets in the period of theShowa 30 s. At the Morimi Cho Mall on this street, the main characters, Kitahara andKosai bought a small potted plant which was called a plant for growing ﬁghting spirit.

Main character and Misaos grandson, Tomohiro, played with a sword with otherboys here. The everyday life and warm communication of the people at theshopping mall together with Tomohiro, his mother, grandmother were revealed.

A place which played an important role in the main character,
Natsumi s childhood memories. There was a hut in the ﬁeld, which※The hut no longer exists.
brought back memories with her friends.

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Phone：0893-24-1281

Phone：0893-24-1146

Garyu Sanso Villa

A major information centerfor Ozu sightseeing. There
are several souvenir shops
and restaurants. Apply for acormorant ﬁshing tour here.
The center serves as a rest
place for cyclists as well.

A mountain villa complex with3,000 tsubo (approx. 107,000sq.ft.) of space with theHijikawa River in thebackground. Impressivearchitecture and reﬁned garden
created by masters in the Meiji
period including three buildings
constructed in the Sukiya Styleand a Japanese garden in theShakkei Style. Registered asnational important culturalproperties on July 25, 2016.

Phone：0893-24-7011

Phone：0893-24-3759

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4-story castle. The turret isconnected in an L shape tothe castle tower. The wellhole from the ﬁrst to thesecond ﬂoor is one of itsdistinctive features. This wasfeatured in Being a Man is aTough Job.

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Ozu Commercial Bank.
Characterized by its
semi-Western architectural
style, this building has a roof
made with traditional
Japanese tiles and red brickwalls. The ridge-end tiles
have a distinctive Japanesecharacter on them whichmeans Trade .

Ozu Machi no Eki Rest & Information Center : Asamoya

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Iyo
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Ozu Castle

伊予銀行大洲支店

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Iyo-Ozu Station
Information Center

Ozu Cormorant Fishing（6/1〜 9/20）

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Hijikawa Bridge

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Ozu Castle

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Tokyo Love Story
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Tokyo Love Story
Film Location

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Ozu Machi no Eki
Rest & Information
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Girls Story Film Location

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Ozu Travel Information
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Ozu City Ozu Elementary School

3 Chome Honmachi

2 Chome Nakamachi

Stone Street

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1 Chome Suehiromachi

Sightseeing Parking

The Lord Park

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1 Chome Nakamachi

Ozu Driving SchoolOzu Redbrick Building

Aburaya

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Rika and Kanji walked along this river bank,playing a kick the can game.

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Uwajima Area

Tokyo Love Story
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