In relation to film historical past, Himeji-jo in Hyogo Prefecture might be probably the most well-known fortress in Japan because it featured within the James Bond movie ‘You Solely Reside Twice‘ (1967) in addition to two Japanese films by legendary director Akira Kurosawa; ‘Kagemusha‘ (1980) and ‘Ran’ (1985). A couple of years in the past I blew the trumpet for Hikone-jo in Shiga Prefecture which was used for 2 lesser films by the use of ‘3 Ninjas Kick Again‘ (1994 and ‘The Hunted‘ (1995) and now it’s time to rave about one other hidden gem.
Admittedly, I had by no means heard of this fortress till I watched ‘Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins‘ (2021) within the 12 months of its launch. I used to be most stunned to find that the fortress used for filming was truly in Osaka. Nonetheless, it’s definitely not conveniently situated in proximity to town centre however it’s only 15 kilometres east of Kansai Worldwide Airport which is how I accessed it on my most up-to-date go to.
Kishiwada Fort was constructed within the late fifteenth century roughly 500 metres away from the present-day location. The fortress first seems on this third G.I. Joe movie on 23 minutes as, shortly after his arrival in Tokyo, Snake Eyes (Henry Golding) is pushed to the house of Tommy’s (Andrew Koji) household.
Regardless of being practically 600 kilometres aside, the Tokyo surroundings is mixed seamlessly with this three-floor fortress in Osaka.
His household are the Arashikage clan, an historical ninja society dedicated to preserving order and combating evil. The entire employees are available to welcome the visitor of honour.
He’s launched to Akiko (Haruka Abe) who’s the Arashikage clan’s head of safety.
Naturally, lots occurs between then and the subsequent main look of the fortress exterior on 109 minutes however all of that will likely be ignored! Scarlett (Samara Weaving) arrives at Kishiwada-jo fortress to present Snake Eyes a file revealing that his father was a member of worldwide peacekeeping group, G.I. Joe. She invitations him to turn out to be a fellow Joe.
The movie attracts to a conclusion on 112 minutes as Snake Eyes dons the black outfit and helmet given to him by Akiko, and units out to search out Tommy to carry him residence.
This fortress is well-worth visiting and paying the 300 yen entrance payment to go contained in the constructing however you probably have seen this movie then it’ll definitely add one thing to the expertise of seeing all of it.
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