 " Nellie 's " battle with helicopters proved to be difficult to film . The scenes were initially shot in Miyazaki , first with takes of the <unk> , with more than 85 take @-@ offs , 5 hours of flight and Wallis nearly crashing into the camera several times . A scene filming the helicopters from above created a major <unk> and cameraman John Jordan 's foot was severed by the craft 's <unk> . The concluding shots involved explosions , which the Japanese government did not allow in a national park . So , the crew moved to <unk> , Spain , which was found to resemble the Japanese landscape . 
