For those who love movies and cinemas in Kamata, Ota-ku, the old Kinema capital of Japan Saturday, November 11 For those who are always thinking about movie theaters will be held in Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo, the old Kinema capital of Japan.

＝In collaboration with "Kino Igloo," a mobile movie theater, A movie theater with a nostalgic atmosphere, where you can enjoy movies from morning till night =.

2023.10.18 11:00

Ota City Cultural Promotion Association

Ota City Cultural Promotion Association (Location: Ota-ku, Tokyo; President: Masazumi Tsumura) will hold "For those who always think about movie theaters," on Saturday, November 11, 2023. The event will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2023. Theatre Kamata/Kamata Takarazuka, a movie theater in Kamata, Ota-ku, which once flourished as a movie town, will be the venue for the event, and will team up with the mobile movie theater "Kino Igloo". This is a project for people who love movies and movie theaters.

For those who are always thinking about movie theaters."

Official website URL: https://www.ota-bunka.or.jp/event/list/detail?53279

Kamata, Ota-ku, once flourished as the "Kinema Capital" and is home to the site of the film studio where the movie "Kamata Koshinkyoku" was shot (now the site of the Shochiku Kinema Kamata Studio), where a replica of the Shochiku Bridge used in the famous movie "Kinema no Tenchi" still remains. Kamata is a town with a cinematic atmosphere, where "Kamata Koshinkyoku" (Kamata March) is still used as the departure bell of JR Kamata Station. The east and west exits of the station are lined with arcades with a Showa-era atmosphere, and in the west exit arcade (Sunrise Mall Kamata) remains Kamata's last movie theater, Theatre Kamata/Kamata Takarazuka, which ran screenings until 2019.

Theatre Kamata/Kamata Takarazuka

This project, produced by the mobile cinema "Kino Igloo," will revive for one day only these retro movie theaters, which were once called "movie town" in Kamata and were greatly supported by many movie fans, but regrettably closed their doors. For those who are always thinking about movie theaters, we have decided to hold a full-day event, "For those who are always thinking about movie theaters," where you can spend the whole day watching movies, listening to guests who are involved in movies, eating lunch, and having a party. We have decided to hold "For those who always think about movie theaters", a 9-hour long event.

Outline of the event

Name : A special day at Kino igloo for people who love movies

　　　　　For people who are always thinking about cinemas.

Venue ：Theatres Kamata/Kamata Takarazuka

　　　　　(Tokyo Kamata Cultural Hall 4F, 7-61-1 Nishi-Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo)

　　　　　(4-minute walk from West Exit of Kamata Station on JR Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tokyu Tamagawa Line and Ikegami Line.

　　　　　 Inside "Sunrise Arcade" of Kamata West Exit Shopping Street)

Date & Time : Saturday, November 11, 2023, 10:30 - 20:00 (doors open at 10:00)

Ticket: *All-day pass, unreserved seating, 6,000 yen (tax included) for adults / 4,000 yen for children under 18 years old

　　　　　Includes special lunch box and one drink

Organizer: Ota City Cultural Promotion Association / produced by Kino Igloo

Supported by：Ota Tourist Association

Cooperation: Retro Box Co.

＜Time Schedule

10:30～ Screening (1) / Talk (1)

13:30~ Lunch time (with boxed lunch provided by art & food unit holiday)

14:30～ Screening (2) / Talk (2)

18:00- Launching at the cinema *with one drink

Kindly drink "END OF FILM", a beer jointly developed by Sapporo Beer Co. and Kino igloo! Soft drinks will be available for those under 20 years old and non-drinkers.

<Screenings

Screening (1) "One Second: 24 Frames of Eternity

(2020, China, 103min.) Director: Zhang Yimou

Screening (2) "New Cinema Paradise

(1989, Italy=France, 124min.) Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

＜Guests

Talk (1) Shoko Takenaka (Cinequoya), Ren Sudo (Director, Actor)

Rui ARISAKA (Kino igloo)

Talk (2) Yairi Katagiri(Actor), Junya Watanabe(Kino igloo, Filmarks)

Rui Arisaka (Kino igloo)

Shoko Takenaka

Ren Sudo

<How to purchase tickets> Now on sale

1. online ticket (24 hours) https://yyk1.ka-ruku.com/ota-s/showList

2. phone reservations / tickets sold at the box office (10:00-19:00)

Ota City Residents Hall (Aprico) TEL: 03-5744-1600

Ota Bunka-no-mori (support facility for cultural activities) TEL: 03-3772-0700

3. play guide [Peatix] https://itsumoeigakan1111.peatix.com

Play guide [Peatix] (Japanese only)

About "Kino Igloo" mobile cinema

Kino Igloo is a mobile cinema founded in 2003 by Rui Arisaka and Junya Watanabe, classmates from junior high school. The unit was named after the beloved Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki. Based in Tokyo, they screen films from around the world in various spaces such as cafes, general stores, bookstores, bakeries, and art museums throughout Japan.