Ogura Kako,a shy local woman, is asked to help an actor from Tokyo practice speaking with Kyoto intonation and, after the lesson, he asks her to show him around Arashiyama.

Nishida is also based in the ancient capital, having worked as a producer for Takuji Suzuki's "Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram," a film also shot in the city. "Kyoto has always been ...