CineMAP: Japan, Beta
Japanese Film Location Database
March 2026 โข 129.0+ Years of Film History
๐ Location Extraction Methods
Sources for represented locations (story settings)
๐ฌ Filming vs Represented
CineMAP distinguishes where films were shot vs. where stories are set
๐ Filmed Locations
35,072
Where cameras actually rolled
๐บ๏ธ Represented Locations
50,720
Places mentioned in narratives
๐ญ Silent Era
1,277
Films (1897โ1929)
๐ Golden Age
22,271
Films (1930โ1979)
๐ฅ Contemporary
58,814
Films (1980โpresent)
๐ Filmed vs Represented Locations Over Time
Film-location links by decade
๐ Location Data Sources
Film-location links by source type
๐ Fan Sites
Community-contributed location research and pilgrimage maps
AGUA, Ysotake, etc.19,821 links
๐ฅ Studio Archives
Historical shooting records from studio production files
Nikkatsu (ๆฅๆดป)10,223 links
๐ Reference Sources
Crowdsourced encyclopedic databases (Wikipedia, Wikidata, IMDB, NFAJ)
Combined sources16,229 links
๐๏ธ Film Commissions
Regional film promotion offices across Japan
๐บ๏ธ loca.ash.jp
Comprehensive Japanese filming location database
loca.ash links70,103 links
๐ Text Extraction (NER)
Automated location extraction from film metadata โ creates "Represented Locations"
179,294
Synopsis Extraction
46,146
Subtitle Extraction
๐ฅ Film Commission Contributions
Regional film commissions contributing location data
๐๏ธ Database Schema
CineMAP uses a relational database with 10+ interconnected tables
Key relationships:
film_locations links films to locations (supports both FilmedLocationID and RepresentedLocationID)directors and cast_members link people to films with role informationfilm_genres supports multiple genres per film with bilingual labelssynopses stores multiple synopsis versions per film in different languages