Denkikan

Movie Theater

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Address: 中央区新市街8-2 (サンロード新市街) Kumamoto , Kumamoto 860-0803 Japan
Phone: +81 96-352-2121
Website: https://denkikan.com
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The Denkikan (電気館) was the first dedicated movie theater in Japan. Originally a hall built in Asakusa's Rokku theater district to present spectacles featuring electricity, it was converted into a movie theater in October 1903 by Yoshizawa Shōten, the most successful of the film companies at the time. Featuring benshi such as Saburo Somei, it quickly became the symbol of the new phenomenon of th... (Wikipedia)

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Founded: 1903