Top page  >>Location Map Top  >>Izakaya Choji >>Back Izakaya Choji 1983 Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya [Bar] Choji with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate. Eiji once had a girlfriend by the name of Sayo, but she is supposed to be happily married to a pasture owner in the countryside. Then, suddenly one day Sayo shows up at Choji before opening. Sayo is still in love with Eiji. The story expressively portrays the lives of random Choji customers and the daily interaction between Eiji and Shigeko, while also focusing on the feelings between Eiji and his past girlfriend Sayo. Director Leading Actor Main Cast Yasuo Kohata Ken Takakura, Tokiko Kato Reiko Ohara, Kunie Tanaka, Juzo Itami, other [Izakaya Choji]  DVD currently on sale for 4,725 (tax inclusive) yen Distributed and Manufactured by : Toho • Location Map View Location Map 02 in a larger map Walking route for Izakaya Choji location shoots. Hakodate Municipal Crematorium 10 minutes by car Hakodate Seaside Marine Institute 5 minutes by car Chacha-nobori Slope 5 minutes by car Red Brick Warehouses 1 minutes by car Shichizai Bridge 5 minutes by car Hakodate Morning Market Road to Hakodate Municipal Crematorium Hakodate Seaside Marine Institute The crematorium to which the youth group carries Sayo's casket. Eiji and the others also climb the steep avenue leading up to the crematorium. Appears in the movie as a police station. The location where Kyutaro files a missing person report for Sayo and where Eiji is detained for punching Kawahara. >>For more detail Chacha-nobori Slope Red Brick Warehouses Appears in the scene where Eiji chases after a young Kiriyama who injured his shoulder, and the location overlooking the city where Eiji talks about how he gave up baseball because he, too, injured his shoulder. The location of Eiji's bar Izakaya Choji where Sayo visits in the rain after running away and where Eiji punches Kawahara. >>For more detail >>For more detail Shichizai Bridge Hakodate Morning Market The location where a soaked Sayo is crying hiding next to the bridge in the scene where Eiji looks for the missing Sayo in the rain. The market Eiji and his wife Shigeko visit to buy food for the bar and the location where Sayo sees Eiji but does not have the courage to talk to him. >>For more detail >>For more detail >>Back