The Wolverine (2013)

Bonna Point Reserve

Kurnell, Australia

The scene : 1 minAugust 1945, at the prisoner of war camp "Nagasaki": Logan saves the life of the young guard Yashida (Ken Yamamura) just as the atomic bomb falls on the city. The camp, with its large torii planted by the water's edge, had been built on this point of the southern shore of Botany Bay.

Argyle Street & Menangle Street (Picton)

Picton, Australia

The scene : 7 minAround the 8th minute, Logan walks along the main street of Faro, a small snow-covered town in Yukon: this is Menangle Street up to the intersection of Argyle Street, in Picton, with log trucks bearing North American plates parked along the sidewalks and the façade of the Picton Hotel in the background.

Picton, Australia

The scene : 7 minAround the 8th minute, in the small town of Yukon, Logan enters a store to buy what he needs.

Hopetoun Hotel (Surry Hills)

Surry Hills, Australia

The scene : 13 minIn a bar in the Yukon, Logan makes the hunter pay for leaving the bear he had wounded to die. Yukio (Rila Fukushima), sent by the old Yashida, spots him at that moment. The interior is that of the Hopetoun Hotel, a former concert hall in Surry Hills, at the corner of Fitzroy Street.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 17 minClose-up of Tokyo in the film, around the 17th minute: a view of Yasukuni-dōri, the avenue that runs through Shinjuku under the large railway bridge.

Zōjō-ji

Tokyo, Japan

Buddhist temple in the Shiba district of Minato, long the family temple of the Tokugawa shoguns, which houses their tombs.

The scene : 29 minAround the 29th minute, Yashida's (Hal Yamanouchi) funeral turns into an attack in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower: Logan and Mariko flee down the grand staircase of the main hall while the ninja Harada (Will Yun Lee) runs across the rooftops between the Zōjō-ji Kaikan and the Kōshōden. The film briefly returns to the temple around the 40th minute.

Chinese Garden of Friendship

Sydney, Australia

Darling Harbour Chinese Garden, on the edge of Chinatown, created at the initiative of the Chinese community of Sydney for the Australian bicentenary of 1988, as a sign of friendship between Sydney and Guangzhou, its twin city.

The scene : 31 minAt Yashida's funeral, Logan realizes that the tattooed monks are assassins and charges in to protect Mariko (Tao Okamoto). The battle within the temple's grounds, around the 31st minute, was filmed in this garden in Darling Harbour and intercut with shots of Tokyo's Zōjō-ji.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 37 minAt the roundabout in front of Takadanobaba Station and the neighboring rooftops, between a funeral and the escape to Akihabara, a brief chase punctuated by bow shots.

1-16-1 Sotokanda (Akihabara)

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 37 minAround the 37th minute, Logan and Mariko catch their breath in the Big Apple pachinko parlor, across from the Sega building in Akihabara, just steps from the Manseibashi bridge.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 38 minUpon exiting the pachinko parlor, around the 38th minute, Logan and Mariko cross the Kanda River towards the Mansei restaurant building.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : 38 minAround the 38th minute, the chase between Logan and Mariko takes place on the pedestrian bridge that spans the street in front of the central exit of Ueno Station; it is there that Mariko thanks Logan for saving her.

Brisbane Street (Surry Hills)

Surry Hills, Australia

The scene : 45 minAround the 45th minute, Logan and Mariko arrive in front of the love hotel where they will spend the night. The street, adorned with Japanese signs and populated by extras, is Brisbane Street; the silhouette of the Nakagin Capsule Tower has been added through computer graphics above a cream-colored building.

Fukuyama Station

Fukuyama, Japan

The scene : 45 minAround the 45th minute, Logan and Mariko step off the Shinkansen and exit the station from the south exit, the yakuzas still hot on their heels. In the plaza, they pass by the statue of the fisherman and choose their direction, with Logan asking where downtown is. In the film, Fukuyama station stands in for Osaka.

Tomokō Bus Stop (Tomonoura)

Fukuyama, Japan

The scene : 53 minAt the end of their escape, around the 53rd minute, Logan and Mariko get off the bus at the terminus of Tomo port, renamed "Nagasaki" for the occasion: the stop sign and the bus display announce the city of Kyūshū.

Tomo Port

Fukuyama, Japan

The scene : 53 minGetting off the bus, Logan and Mariko look at the harbor, the distant mountains, and Mariko assures that they are very close to Nagasaki. The harbor also serves for an action scene where the storefronts of the center and the ticket counter for Hashirijima are recognizable, and Logan walks along the coastal road in front of the fishing facilities.

Enpuku-ji (Tomonoura)

Fukuyama, Japan

The scene : 53 minMariko's family's vacation house, where she and Logan take shelter from the rain around the 63rd minute and from where she disappears around the 69th, was filmed on the hill of Enpuku-ji temple, above the harbor. Japanese sources refer to the temple as "Mariko's hideout"; most of the shots were taken in the private villa right in front of it.

Imabari, Japan

The scene : 58 minOn the island of Ōmishima, the port of Miyaura frequently appears in the background of scenes from "Nagasaki": Logan and Mariko discuss facing the port, and part of the action is filmed on the road leading from the ferry terminal.

Route 21 & Route 51 (Miyaura, Ōmishima)

Imabari, Japan

The scene : 58 minAround the 58th minute, a tree fell across the road: Logan, in a tank top, grabs an axe and helps the villagers to chop it up, then he recognizes in the distance the site of the old prison camp. The yakuza appear just after and a fight ensues. The scene was filmed in Miyaura, near the intersection of routes 21 and 51, on the road that runs along the harbor from the ferry terminal.

Fukuyama, Japan

The scene : 1 hr 10 minAround the 70th minute, Logan, injured in the leg by a yakuza, limps towards Yukio (Rila Fukushima), who arrives near the dock driving a black Audi R8; they hastily set off in pursuit of Mariko's kidnappers.

Oberon (New South Wales)

Oberon, Australia

The scene : When Logan wakes up these days in a snow-covered forest, one might think he is in Canada; in fact, these woods are located around Oberon, in the highlands about a hundred kilometers west of Sydney.

34 Menangle Street (Picton)

Picton, Australia

The scene : In the opening scene, hunters enter "Faro Hardware," the hardware store in the small Yukon town where Logan lives in seclusion. The store filmed is the K&V Corbett's hardware store on Menangle Street, which was closed at the time and dressed for the occasion.

Picton, Australia

The scene : The old town hall of Picton, on Menangle Street, is located in the section of the street transformed into Faro, the Yukon town from the opening.

Bankstown Airport

Bankstown Aerodrome, Australia

The scene : Logan and Yukio fly to Japan from a small airstrip that pretends to be in Yukon: Bankstown Airport, about twenty kilometers west of Sydney.

Disney Studios Australia

Sydney, Australia

Moore Park Film Studio Complex, opened in 1998 under the name Fox Studios Australia (renamed Disney Studios Australia in 2020).

The scene : The largest set of the film was built in these studios: the fortified estate of Yashida in Tokyo, a residence arranged around a garden and a pond, where the old man reveals to Logan why he brought him there and offers to free him from his immortality. Other sets housed the interior of the love hotel, the Yashida vacation home, and a Shinkansen train for the fight in the train.

George Street & Smith Street (Parramatta)

Parramatta, Australia

The scene : The foot chase through the streets of "Tokyo" is filmed around the intersection of George Street and Smith Street, in the heart of Parramatta, dressed as a Japanese neighborhood for the duration of a weekend.

Sydney Olympic Park P5 Car Park

Sydney Olympic Park, Australia

The scene : The snow-covered mountain village where Logan, having regained his healing power, stands up to an army of yakuza was built outdoors on this parking lot, north of Sydney Olympic Park. Only the base of the laboratory that looms over it actually existed; the rest of the tower is digital.

Sydney, Australia

The scene : Yukio takes Logan to Noburo and warns him that he might very well lose his life there.

Sydney, Australia

The scene : Shelley Street serves as the backdrop for Yukio's drive, as she takes Logan to Noburo.

Banff National Park

Canada

The scene : The mountains overlooking Faro, the Yukon city from the opening, come from here: the visual effects unit filmed backdrop of peaks here.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Shinjuku Station is part of the Tokyo settings of the film.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Mariko rushes into Ueno Station to catch the Shinkansen to 'Nagasaki', and Logan follows her on board.

Fukuyama, Japan

Former merchant house of the port of Tomo, designated an important cultural property of Japan.

The scene : Logan and Mariko stroll together through the alleys of Tomo, from late afternoon until dusk: the sequence was filmed in the alley that runs in front of the Ōta residence.

Tokyo, Japan

The scene : Action scenes were filmed on the roof of the recycling hall of the Taitō cleaning office; in post-production, a speeding Shinkansen was added above the urban highway using CGI.