Sapporo Toho Plaza
南2・3条西1～7丁目,
Chuo Ward, Hokkaido,
Sapporo
06--0062
南2・3条西1～7丁目,
Chuo Ward, Hokkaido,
Sapporo
06--0062
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Previously operated by: Toho Cinemas Ltd.
Previous Names: Sanyu-kan Theater, Nikkatsu-kan
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The Sanyu-kan Theater opened its doors as a single-screener in 1925 and was renamed the “Nikkatsu-kan” in 1938 when it became the operation of Nikkatsu. At the time, it attracted many audiences for a while. For several years, the theater was a second-run theater for Japanese movies, it showed triple features of Toho, Toei, and Shochiku movies in the second week of their releases.
Toho took over as the main role of the theater in 1975, and was renamed the “Sapporo Toho Plaza”. Unfortunately they are not so successful during their days screening more towards Toho and France Film Company features. But later in the decade, the theater began playing American features from Paramount and 20th Century Fox and officially became a huge success. This was followed by major renovation and the main auditorium was split into two on March 26, 1981. Furthermore, in another renovation in 2003, the number of seats in both theaters were reduced by about 100 seats, allowing for more space between the seats and in the seats.
The Sapporo Toho Plaza closed for the final time on August 31, 2011.
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The Sanyukan was renamed the Nikkatsukan in 1938, and was renamed the “Toho Plaza” in 1975 when it began screening under the Toho’s foreign film policy. It was twinned on March 26, 1981, and closed on August 31, 2011.
After its closure, the basement became a live music venue named the Messe Hall on site of the former Screen 2. That was renamed the BFH Hall on January 1, 2017. On July 22, 2020, a four-screen movie theater called the Satsugeki opened on the former site of the Toho Plaza.