A Small Cinema in the Small Town (2011)

A Small Cinema in the Small Town 2011 / 小さな町の小さな映画館 2011 / Chiisana Machi no Chiisana Eigakan

In September 2008, documentary filmmaker Morita Keiko visited Oguro-za on its 90th anniversary and began filming, eventually completing this film. At present, multiplexes dominate Japan's cinema landscape, and repertory cinemas and other small movie theaters are disappearing one after another. Amid these adverse circumstances, Oguro-za has operated for over 90 years in the town of Urakawa in Hokkaido and continues to serve the local community. (Source: JFDb)