filmed on the fairgrounds of Expo '70. Director Douglas Trumbull said that the design of the space freighter Valley Forge in the 1971 science fiction drama Silent Running was inspired by the Landmark Tower. Expo '70 is the main setting for the Canadian director Robert Lepage's 1998 film entitled Nô, based on his play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. Expo '70 plays a central role in the plot of the Naoki Urasawa's manga 20th Century Boys Expo '70 is the climax setting for the Tamil film Ulagam Sutrum Valiban directed by M. G. Ramachandran. Expo '70 is an experimental psychedelic drone musical act from Kansas City, Missouri led by Justin Wright (2003–present) Various Expo '70 pastiches are featured in Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Adult Empire Strikes Back Expo '70 is referenced in Moonlight Mile (manga), as the protagonist Gorou comes from Suita. Expo '70 is referenced in the 2012 novel The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino See also List of world's fairs Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Expo Commemoration Park Expoland Expo 2025 Footnotes Sources External links Expo'70 Official website of the BIE Time Capsule Expo '70 "Spherical Concert Hall", photos and architectural plans of the auditorium of the West German pavilion and its sound system 1970 in Japan Tourist attractions in Osaka Prefecture Culture in Osaka Electronic music festivals in Japan Electroacoustic music festivals 1970 festivals 1970 music festivals