Japanese productions filmed in the Philippines

 

The BAMBOO GODS LIST of Japanese productions filmed in the Philippines, and Filipino movies shot in Japan

...and it's far from complete, so please contact us with any additions or corrections. Films marked with an * are already in digital form in the Bamboo Gods Collection.

*1944 - Ano Hatte O Utte/Dawn Of Freedom/Tear Down The Stars And Stripes (co-directed by Gerry de Leon; Japanese propaganda drama on American "atrocities" in the Philippines, using American POWs in Manila)

1944 – Tatlong Maria (co-directed by Gerry de Leon and made during the Japanese occupation)

1953 - Nenita Unit (Filipino anti-Huk propaganda drama screened in Japan)

*1953 - Now And Forever (Filipino drama partly filmed in Japan)

1957 - Turista (Filipino/Japanese co-production filmed in Japan by LVN Pictures and Daiei Motion Picture Co)

1958 - Obra Maestra (People’s Pictures' portmanteau movie filmed in Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and the Philippines)

1960 - Basta Pinoy (Premiere Productions' musical comedy filmed in Japan)

1961 - Tokyo Calling: Walang Ligtas (Leopoldo Salcedo spy movie filmed entirely in Japan)

*1963 - Gojuman-Nin No Isan/Legacy Of The 500,000 (Toho, directed by Toshiro Mifune) 

*1972 - The Evil Within (Philippines production partly financed by 20th Century Fox and filmed in 1970 in India, Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines)

*1972 - Winter Holiday (Sampaguita/VP Pictures' musical comedy starring Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III, filmed in Japan)

1972 - Cherry Blossoms (Lino Brocka drama filmed in Japan)

*1983 - Tatak Ng Yakuza (RUDY Fernandez action movie partly filmed in Japan)

*1984 - The Miracle Of Joe Petrel/Umitsubame Jō No Kiseki (co-produced by Toshiro Mifune)

1988 - Full Speed Run 

1988 – Passage To Hell (Watanabe)

1988 - Sando and the Diplomat's Daughter (Watanabe)

*1989 - Above the War/Search And Destroy/The B-Team (Watanabe)

1989 - Harimao (Watanabe)

*1990 [released 1993] - Manila Emmanuelle 1: Dangerous Paradise (Watanabe)

*1990 [released 1993] - Manila Emmanuelle 2: Devilish Paradise (Watanabe)

*1991 – Onna Rambo/Lady Ramboh

1991 - Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (stars Ruby Moreno - was it filmed all or in part in the Philippines?)

*1992 - Men Who Love Filipinas (TV movie; Rodeo Films)

*1992 - Drug Connection (shot in Japan, USA and the Philippines) 

1992 - Wangan Midnight (stars Ruby Moreno - was it filmed all or in part in the Philippines?)

1992 - Afureru Atsui Namida (stars Ruby Moreno - was it filmed all or in part in the Philippines?)

1993 – Sani No Yuutsu/Sunny Gets Blue/Blowback/Sloppy Joe And The Heartbreak Gang (Rodeo Films)

*1993 – Blowback 2/Blowback: Love & Death (Rodeo Films)

1994 - Senso E Iko Yo!! Parts 1 & 2 (stars Ruby Moreno - was it filmed all or in part in the Philippines?)

1994 - Kike Wadatsuminokoe 

1994 - Wasurerareta Kodomotachi/Scavengers: Forgotten Children (feature-length documentary on Smokey Mountain directed by Hiroshi Shinomiya)

*1994 - Wangan Midnight Final: GTR Densetsu Acts 1 & 2

*1995 - Score 

*1995 - Kinkyû Yobidashi: Emergency Call (Filipino co-production starring Lorna Tolentino)

1995 - Nanba Kin'yû Den: Minami No Teiô - Gekijô Ban Part VI (stars Ruby Moreno - was it filmed all or in part in the Philippines?)

1997 - Code Name K-9/Kill 

1997 – Shoot My Darlin’/Koroshiya & Usotsuki Musume

1999 - Satsujinsha - Uragiri No Kyoudan 

*2000 - The Guys From Paradise (Takashi Miike) 

2001 - Blades Of The Sun 

*2002 – Uniba-G Story/Uniba G Monogatari (“documentary”)

2002 - God's Children (second documentary - after 1994's Scavengers: Forgotten Children - by Hiroshi Shinomiya) 

2005 - Last Dance Of August 15th 

2005 - Chateau de Roses 

*2005 – Love Tomato

2005 - Yûsha No Hihô/The Cruel Stone 

2006 - Kamikaze

2006 - Katana-Man (stars Ruby Moreno - was it filmed all or in part in the Philippines?)

2007 - Buddy 1 

*2009 – Pandemic (partly shot in Banaue and Bacolod)

2009 – Wangan Midnight: The Movie (unconfirmed)

2009 - Basura (third documentary by Hiroshi Shinomiya)

2010 - Aibou The Movie 2 

*2014 – Fires In The Plain/Noba (Shinya Tsukamoto)

2015 – Blanka (stars Don Gordon Bell)

2015 – Crossroads (partly filmed in Baguio)

2023 - Kodomo No Hitomi O Mitsumete/YIELD Final Version (documentary feature by

Honey I Love You (details unconfirmed, with Hong Kong star Daniel Wu)

Death Match (details unconfirmed; possibly a working title only, stars Alvin Anson and Kozo Takeda)

Bayside At Midnight (details unconfirmed)

Excel 3 (details unconfirmed; TV show, 3 episodes only)