Maps of Movies

Yi Yi (2000)

Where Yi Yi says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A Taipei family film shot from a hotel on the hill to a hot-spring city in Japan, with most of its streets known only from one fan blog

Scenes and places

A-Di's wedding banquet (2000)

NJ, at his brother-in-law's wedding, runs into Sherry, the girlfriend he left decades ago. She hands him her number and leaves, and a past he had shut away opens up again.

Set in Wedding banquet hall — The reception for Min-Min's younger brother A-Di. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A landmark palace-style hotel on a hill above Taipei.

Filmed at Grand Hotel Taipei — Zh Wikipedia lists the hotel as a filming location; a fan blog (scene 003) and a travel site agree. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The new neighbour, Lili (2000)

Ting-Ting, guilty over her grandmother's collapse, befriends Lili, the girl who has just moved in next door. The friendship pulls her into Lili's tangled love life.

Set in The Jian family's apartment, Taipei — The family home, where Ting-Ting meets the new neighbour next door.

An ordinary Taipei apartment block; the film's real building is in the extra spots.

Yang-Yang's school and his photographs (2000)

Yang-Yang, unable to talk to his unconscious grandmother, takes up photography. Leaving school to buy film gets him punished, and his teacher passes his pictures around the class.

Set in Yang-Yang's elementary school — The school where Yang-Yang is punished for leaving to buy film.

A public elementary school in Da'an District, Taipei.

Filmed at Longan Elementary School — Zh Wikipedia names this school as a filming location, and a fan blog (scene 006) agrees. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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NJ in Tokyo with Mr. Ota (2000)

NJ flies to Tokyo to keep talks going with Mr. Ota, and Sherry flies there too. The two meet again and go back over their shared past.

Set in Tokyo — NJ's business trip, where talks with Mr. Ota continue and Sherry also arrives. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Japan's capital; the exact filming spots are not documented.

Filmed at Tokyo — Zh Wikipedia lists Tokyo as a filming location; no specific spot is named, so the point is the city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The hotel in another city (2000)

NJ and Sherry travel to another city and check into a hotel. Sherry asks him for a new start together, and the answer he gives her hurts.

Set in A hotel in another Japanese city — The film does not name the city; NJ and Sherry check into a hotel there.

A seaside hot-spring city in Shizuoka Prefecture, matched to the film only by a Wikipedia list.

Filmed at Atami, Shizuoka — Zh Wikipedia lists Atami as a filming location; the hotel itself is not identified, so the point is the city. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Tunghai University, Taichung — Tunghai University campus avenue Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• NJ — An engineer and father, dissatisfied with his life and his struggling company.
• Ting-Ting — NJ's teenage daughter, who befriends the new neighbour.
• Yang-Yang — NJ's young son, who starts taking photographs.
• Sherry — NJ's ex-girlfriend, who lives in Chicago.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the wedding banquet in Yi Yi filmed?