Where was The Village shot? Exploring the possible filming locations of Netflix's Japanese film

Netflix's recent Japanese film The Village reportedly came out on the streaming platform back in April, but the firm made it available for the international audience only now. Directed by Michihito Fujii, the title was reportedly shot entirely in Japan.

The Village is about a man who has to work in a waste disposal site to repay his mother’s debt. However, things change for him when his friend enters his life and extricates him from his predicament.

The synopsis of the new film, as per IMDb, reads:

“Yu Katayama is a young man who lives in the remote, but beautiful village Kamonmura. He has lived there since he was a child and is unable to leave due to an incident in his past. To pay off his mother's debt, Yu works in a garbage disposal facility nearby.”

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Netflix's The Village was shot entirely in Japan

Several reports state that The Village team set up camp entirely in Japan. As per TheCinemaholic, The Village may have filmed at several locations including Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo Tower, Mount Fuji, and Tokyo Imperial Palace, among others.

As such, the fictional village of Kamonmura was built in a rural and isolated area of the country. Several pivotal interior shots of the two-hour-long movie were reportedly filmed and recorded inside studios.

Scenes from The Village. (Images via YouTube and Netflix)

Misaki Nakai, the female protagonist and Katayama's friend, who dynamically transforms his life, is based in Tokyo. So, the team possibly set up in the capital and filmed her scenes, establishing her lifestyle in the city. The stark contrast between the plush city and the state of the village surely makes for an interesting watch.

The title focuses on Katayama, an outsider and belongs to a marginalized class, and continues to grapple with emotional trauma. The unsolved mystery of his father's death, even after 10 years, and his mother's addiction to alcoholism and gambling weigh heavily on him.

Set in the fictional village of Kamonmura, the title stars Haru Kuroki, Ryusei Yokohama, Arata Furuta, Shido Nakamura, and Wataru Ichinose, among others. Aside from them, the thriller has Ryo Yukizane and Michiaki Tsunoda on the production team.

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Netflix has a new set of Japanese releases this month, including The Days, which centers around the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Nobody Knows, touted as a hard-hitting drama about the relationship between four siblings from different fathers, and Still Walking, which deals with a single day affair of a family who has lost their eldest son because of drowning.

The Village is streaming on Netflix currently.