produced Godzilla film, there is  an actual location shoot in the USA, mostly in New York City, thanks  to Zazou Productions, a Japanese media company based there. However,  principal scenes with the policeman and the pimp were shot in  Sydney, Australia. Actual NYC sequences were shot at an undisclosed  location. Scenes that are supposed to take place in Arizona,  however, were shot in Broken Hill, another part of Australia.