Sakata Minato-za - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Sakata Minato-za - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The is a cinema in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan; it was the first to open in the city. Established as a playhouse in 1887, it became a cinema in 1910 and was popular in the 1970s. After a period of decreased patronage, in 2002 it was shut down. After the cinema was used as a filming location for Yōjirō Takita's 2008 film Departures, public interest in the site was revived; the cinema reopened in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia
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