Location (1984)

Original title

ロケーション

Directed by

Azuma Morisaki

Genre

comedy

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A pink film cinematographer scrambles to keep a production going after his lead actress attempts suicide. He forces a hotel maid into the role and moves the shoot to her hometown. The crew adapts the script on the fly as complications pile up.

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What happens

『ロケーション』は、1984年公開の日本映画。松竹製作の森﨑東監督作品。 ピンク映画のカメラマンである小田辺（西田敏行）は、妻で主演女優の奈津子（大楠道代）が自殺未遂し、撮影がストップし困りはてていた。たまたまロケ現場として借りた連れ込み宿の掃除婦笑子（美保純）を強引に主演女優の代役にしたてて、撮影を続行させる。しかし撮影中、監督（加藤武）は病気で倒れ、笑子は自分の田舎に墓参りに帰るので撮影は降りると言い出す。笑子の帰郷を逆手にとり、ロケ場所を笑子の故郷である福島の湯本に代え、その場その場で脚本を変えながら撮影していく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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