13 locations · 12 titles
Japan's empire stretched across the Pacific and East Asia by 1942, built on a campaign of conquest that began in Manchuria in 1931 and accelerated with the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Japan surrendered in August 1945 following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare.
CinemaMapped has mapped 13 real WWII film locations in Japan, drawn from 12 titles. Each pin marks the actual historical place depicted in the film - not a filming location, but where the events happened.