Shinjuku Piccadilly
3 Chome-15-15 Shinjuku,
Shinjuku City,
Tokyo
160-0022
3 Chome-15-15 Shinjuku,
Shinjuku City,
Tokyo
160-0022
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Additional Info
Functions: Movies (First Run), Movies (Foreign)
Previous Names: Shinjuku Shochiku Bunka Engeijo, Shinjuku Piccadilly + Shochiku, Shinjuku Piccadilly 1-4
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The Shinjuku Piccadilly is the replacement of a handful of theaters in the Shinjuku area. There was the “Shinjuku Shochiku Bunka Engeijo”, a 365-seat single-screen theater that operated from October 28, 1958 until August 12, 1962.
Around the time, there was also the Shinjuku Masterpiece Theater, the Shinjuku Star Theater, and the Shinjuku Shochiku which was located on the upper floor, moved, and became a movie theater opened as the “Shinjuku Piccadilly + Shochiku” on September 28, 1962. A third screen was added on July 4, 1987, and a fourth screen was added on August 12, 1992.
On June 12, 1999, the theater’s name was changed to “Shinjuku Piccadilly 1-4”. This lasted until the theater closed on May 14, 2006 due to poor building conditions.
It was immediately refurbished and rebuilt, and on July 14, 2008, the theater reopened first with one screen showing “Kung Fu Panda”. The other 9-screen opened on July 19, 2008 as the Shinjuku Piccadilly with a total seating capacity of 2,235 seats. The current Shinjuku Piccadilly is located along Yasukuni Street in Shinjuku 3-chome.
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Correction: The Shinjuku Piccadilly actually first reopened softly after its refurbishment on July 14, 2008 with the Japanese premiere of the Dreamworks smash “Kung Fu Panda” in one of the auditoriums only. The theater officially reopened to the public on July 19, 2008.
When the Shinjuku Shochiku Kaikan opened on October 28, 1958, three other movie theaters in the area also opened that same day, which were the Shinjuku’s Masterpiece, Star, and Shochiku Cultural Engei Hall. Both the Kaikan and Cultural Engei Hall auditoriums were converted into a twin-screen theater operated by Shochiku before its September 28, 1962 reopening and would remain like that until its closure on May 14, 2006 despite the two additional screens being added on both July 4, 1987 and August 12, 1992.