Query: Films set in Otaru or Aomori Prefecture, or Japanese alternate history films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Moonlit Winter
Love Letter (1995 film)
K-20: Legend of the Mask
Salaryman Kintaro (film)
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549
Steamboy
Future War 198X
Tora-san's Runaway
Black Butler (film)
Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
Evidence from documents: The Place Promised in Our Early Days: Aomori Prefecture: The anime follows the story of three friends living in Aomori, in northern Japan: two boys, Hiroki Fujisawa and Takuya Shirakawa, both child prodigies; and one girl, Sayuri Sawatari.
Japanese alternate history films: is a 2004 Japanese anime film written, directed, produced, cinematographed, edited, and storyboarded by Makoto Shinkai in his feature film debut. Set over several years in an alternate history where the Soviet Union occupies half of Japan, the film follows two childhood friends who grow apart after one of their friends disappears;
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus: The prologue of the film acknowledges the events of the first ''Godzilla'' film (using the 1954 Godzilla monster rather than a successor Godzilla), while inventing its own timeline,
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade: The film follows Kazuki Fuse, a member of a special police unit set during an alternate history of 1950s Japanese riots.
Moonlit Winter: Films set in Otaru: In Otaru, a quiet village with white snow, the mother and the daughter take the path of reconciliation, while building up exciting memories.
Films: a 2019 South Korean film
Love Letter (1995 film): ''''Love Letter''''' is a 1995 Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai and starring Miho Nakayama. The film was shot almost entirely on the island of Hokkaidō, mainly in the city of Otaru.
K-20: Legend of the Mask: Japanese: at film festivals, ''The Fiend with Twenty Faces'' on home video in the United States and ''The Legend of the Black Mask'' in the United Kingdom) is a 2008 Japanese action film written and directed by Shimako Satō and based on a novel by Sō Kitamura and its sequel.
alternate history films: The story takes place in an alternate history in 1948–49, in an imaginary alternative Tokyo which has taken a different history and in which World War II never happened
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549: is a 2005 Japanese feature-length film and manga series focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) element that accidentally travels through time to the Warring States period of Japanese history.
Steamboy: alternate history films: In 1863, where an alternate nineteenth century Europe has made tremendous strides in steam-powered technologies, scientist Lloyd Steam and his son Edward have succeeded in discovering a pure mineral water in Iceland which they believe can be harnessed as a nearly unlimited power source for steam engines.
Japanese: is a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk action film produced by Sunrise, directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release as a director, following ''Akira'' (1988).
Future War 198X: is a 1982 Japanese anime science fiction war film
Tora-san's Runaway: ''aka'' '''''Tora-san Homebound''''' is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Aiko Nagayama as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san's Runaway'' is the fifth entry in the popular, long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series.
Black Butler (film): is a 2014 Japanese period-style action fantasy film directed by Kentarō Ōtani and Keiichi Satō. The film is based on the manga of the same name by Yana Toboso.
The film is set in a parallel, quasi-Victorian history. The world contains two major powers: the West, ruled by the Queen, and the East. The Queen manipulates events worldwide using operatives called the Queen's Watchdogs. The film's protagonist, Earl Kiyoharu Genpou (replacing Ciel Phantomhive from the anime), is a Queen's Watchdog in an unnamed Eastern metropolis. A large automobile is careering through a docks area. The man driving is rapidly desiccating, his face wrinkling, its skin crumbling. As he dies, the car crashes to a halt. A warehouse echoes with screams as dark-clad men herd young women around. The chief thug questions one young woman for carrying photos of desiccated bodies. A young man in a formal black butler's uniform suddenly appears in the warehouse, identifying himself as a servant of the Genpou family. The thugs attack. Most are disabled or killed quickly. Only the chief thug remains conscious for questioning.
Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection: The film takes place in an alternate universe that was first depicted in the three-part compilation film: ''Initiation'', ''Transgression'', and ''Glorification''
Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love: Japanese: is the theatrical film adaptation of the ''Kamen Rider Kabuto'' TV series directed by Hidenori Ishida and written by Shōji Yonemura.
alternate history films: The movie shows an previous timeline where the close relations between Riders (Kuuga to Hibiki) did not exist and the impact of the first meteor evaporated all of Earth's oceans. Seven years after the meteor hit Earth, ZECT pretends to use a passing comet to refill the Earth's oceans, while in fact they are pulling another meteor to crash on Earth, one large enough to wipeout all of humanity.