Tokyo Metropolitan PrefectureShibuya-ku
Photographer Ishikawa Masao x Shuri Gekijo (Movie Theater) Documentary Film “When the Theater Ends” Morning Show
There will be an after-talk with director MAKIYA Tsutomu on 5/24 (Sat) and 25 (Sun)
- Movies
- documentary
- Real-life event
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Children under 15 are not allowed to enter
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“When the Theater Ends” is a documentary film that follows Ishikawa Masao, a photographer representing Okinawa, shooting at Okinawa's oldest wooden movie theater, the Shuri Theater. The Shuri Gekijo (Movie Theater) was built in 1950, and although it was initially bustling with Okinawan play and movie screenings, it fell into management difficulties after the 1970s and was converted to an adult movie theater. The third director protected the theater by himself, but he passed away suddenly in 2022/4 and it was closed, and it was dismantled at the end of 2023 due to aging.
MAKIYA Tsutomu, who produced, directed, filmed, and edited this film, wanted to keep a subjective record of the atmosphere of this theater, and proposed production of the work at the theater before dismantling to Ishikawa. In addition to shooting at the theater with her iPhone, she also listened to stories from people who knew theaters and curators in the past, and superimposed the lifestyles of two people who never met during their lifetime. The passion of a photographer who pushes his illness and takes on the challenge of shooting, and the presence of a theater where the director's thoughts ooze everywhere are conveyed.
Production/Direction/Cinematography/Editing: MAKIYA Tsutomu
Cast: Ishikawa Masanori/Kinjo Masanori/Makise Akane/Fireflies /Tonchi Pickles/Taira Ryuji/Sakuta Tatsuna/Kinjo Yuta
Special appearances: Nakata Sachiko/Nakata Masae
Narration: Kimura Asagi
Music Director: UECHI gacha Kazuya
Performance: kgk KAWASAKI Tatsuya (guitar)/UECHI gacha Kazuya (bass)/Shiroma Kazuhiro (drums)
Music recording (kgk): Moriwaki Shota
Song in the play: “Holiday” TATE Takako ／ “Not in a Dream” Tonchi Pickles
Ending song “Danny Boy” Makiyashiho (trumpet) & kgk
Official URL
“When the Theater Ends”