Yurakuza Theater
2-2-3 Yurakucho,
Chiyodaku,
Tokyo
2-2-3 Yurakucho,
Chiyodaku,
Tokyo
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The Yurakuza Theater is a 1,572-seat single-screener and started life as a live performance house, opening on June 7, 1935 with four live performance acts (“Thirteen Strokes #3”, “Everything In The World Is Filled With Gold”, “The Blind Brother and His Sister”, and “Schubert’s Love”).
On March 5, 1944, the Yurakuza Theater closed for a year when it became a balloon bomb manufacturing factory. Unfortunately, the theater suffer minor damage during the Bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945 when the stage equipment was struck by a nearby bullet. It took time to repair, and reopening on November 3, 1945. The theater partially began screening movies in 1949, but didn’t fully converted into a movie theater until January 1951.
In its later years, the Yurakuza is a Toho-operated theater that housed 70mm projection with Dolby Stereo sound. Unfortunately due to the aging of the building, the Yurakuza Theater closed for the final time on November 11, 1984 screening “Gone With The Wind”.
Photo of 1935 aerial view of Yurakucho with the Yurazuka labeled “C” added to Photos.
This theater is part of the Toho Theaters chain. It is in the Yurakucho area near Yurakucho Station and adjacent to the Ginza. It’s address is 2-2-3 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
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This was the Cinemascope palace. Saw “The Robe” and all subsequent Fox flicks of the ‘50s although occasionally one would materialize at the nearby Hibiya (3 Coins in the Fountain)