Bijou Theatre

The Toho Cinema phase was certainly unusual. The theater exhibited the entire spectrum of Toho Studio films, which stretched from high art to ultra-cheeze. Some films, like “High and Low” were exactly what you would expect to find in a prestige exclusive-engagement, midtown Manhattan theater. But can you imagine dressing up, having a fine dinner, and then seeing “Matango, Fungus of Death” or “Atoragon the Flying Sub”? These flicks also played the Toho. And this was long before they would have been considered to be campy fun.