Kyogoku Toho Theater
Nakanochō, 534,
Nakagyo Ward,
Kyoto
604-8042
Nakanochō, 534,
Nakagyo Ward,
Kyoto
604-8042
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This theater was built on the site of the former Sanyu Club which was founded in 1911 and was destroyed by a fire in 1915. It reopened as the Sanyu Theater the following year in 1916 and lasted until closure in 1945.
The Kyogoku Toho Theater opened its doors on December 19, 1954 and was completely renovated in July 1973. At the time of its renovation, it has a capacity of 418 seats. Two more screens were added in July 1996 bringing a total to three screens.
In September 2005 due to the popularity of the MOVIX Kyoto and the TOHO Cinemas Nijo on front of Nijo Station as well as the building itself showing signs of aging, the management announced the closure of the Kyogoku Toei.
Its last two days of operation, the Kyogoku Toho alongside the Kyoto Takarazuka and Scala Theaters, held an event called “Thank You, The Lights Of The City”, before its final closure on January 29, 2006. The main auditorium’s last film was the 1954 Mitchum/Monroe classic “River Of No Return” and last operated with 309 seats, although the last films on the other two screens (139 and 100) remained unknown at this time. All three auditoriums also last operated with Surround EX and DTS sound installations.
It was demolished afterward, and a hotel simply named “Super Hotel” was built on its site and opened on December 11, 2008.
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Originally operated with 958 seats when it opened on December 19, 1954, the Kyogoku Toho Theater was the replacement of an earlier and short-lived twin-screen Toho and Daiei Theater at the same building, which went under the auditorium names “Kyogoku Toho” and “Kyogoku Daiei”. The original Kyogoku Toho opened at the site after the Sanyu closed in 1945, and the “Kyogoku Daiei” auditorium was also added for a very short time.
Both of those theaters closed in 1954 when it was renovated, and was upgraded to a much larger single-screener, and that’s how the newer Kyogoku Toho began its operations.
At approximately 10:20 AM on February 12, 1965, a boiler exploded during a showing at the Kyogoku Toho but nobody was injured. The theater continued to open following the incident.