Niigata Bandai Toho I & II
1 Chome-6-1 Bandai,
Chuo Ward,
Niigata City
950-0088
1 Chome-6-1 Bandai,
Chuo Ward,
Niigata City
950-0088
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The Niigata Bandai Toho I & II was a twin-screener that replaced another twin-screen Toho theater called the Niigata Takarazuka Kaikan, which had two screens under the names Niigata Toho Theater and La Scalaza that operated from 1970 until its closure on November 29, 1992 due to the deterioration of the building and changes in the flow of moviegoers.
The Niigata Bandai Toho I & II opened its doors on December 12, 1992 with a total capacity of 284 seats, with 155 seats in Screen 1 and 129 seats in Screen 2. Unlike most movie theaters in Japan, there was no projection room for screening prints. Instead, both first-run Japanese and foreign films from Toho were screened in the video theater.
The then-upcoming launch of the nearby T-Joy Niigata Bandai forced the closure of the Toho twin-screener on April 8, 2001.
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Another fact about the Niigata Bandai Toho I & II is that this is the first ever Toho theater to install video theaters, which is a then-newly-developed system by Cinematic Japan, a subsidiary of Sony. Although Shochiku was already under a big expansion in its video theater business, Toho’s entry is likely to accelerate the transition from film to video. At the time, Toho Tobu Kogyo cooperated with the Urayasu Pocket Cinema, that was managed by the Urayasu City Facility Utilization Promotion Corporation, and possesses know-how regarding the operation of video theaters.
Yoshiyuki Ogawa and Osamu Iwatani serves as both manager and general manager of the theater, who also were the ones replacing their earlier Toho in Niigata, the Niigata Takarazuka Kaikan (April 23, 1970 - November 29, 1992), and help construct the theater itself.