THE OLD OBANA-ZA CINEMA
OBANA-ZA, a playhouse and a cinema loved by people in Nara city returns for a few days in NIFF.
The theater OBANA-ZA which contained a revolving stage was built by patrons in town of Nara in 1909.
It was at the place where the hotel Sunroute Nara exists now.
When Nakano family in Osaka started to run the theater as OBANA Theater in 1920, it was the first cinema in Nara city.
While being lamented, the theater closed its business in 1979.
NIFF revives the theater in Sakura Hall in Hotel Sunroute Nara and presents various films on screen.
SCREEN INFO
THE OLD OBANA-ZA CINEMA
100 YEN LOVE
DIRECTOR : Masaharu Take
Japan / 2014 / 113min / Color
Guest: Shogo Umeda (Music)
PASSAGE OF LIFE
DIRECTOR : Akio Fujimoto
Japan / 2017 / 98min / Color / JPN & ENG Sub.
Guest: Director Akio Fujimoto
I AM A BRIDGE!
DIRECTOR : Satomi Nakamura
Japan / 2017 / 95min / Color / JPN Sub.
JIZOLIBIDO
DIRECTOR : Yoshiaki Kasatani
Japan / 2018 / 62min / Color / JPN&ENG Sub.
Guest: Director Yoshiaki Kasatani
THE NAKED ISLAND
DIRECTOR : Kaneto Shindo
Japan / 1960 / 95min / Color / ENG Sub.
THE BLOSSOMING OF KAMIYA ETSUKO
DIRECTOR : Kazuo Kuroki
Japan / 2006 / 111min / Color
THE WORLD’S “TOP” THEATER
DIRECTOR : Koichi Sato
Japan / 2017 / 67min / Color
Guest: Director Koich Sato
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
DIRECTOR : Olivier Assayas
France, Germany, Switzerland / 2014 / 124min / Color / JPN Sub.
FLYING KAMISHIBAI BY SPICE ARTHUR 702
KAMISHIBAI Show / 90min
