Kyoto Piccadilly Theatre
420 Sakuranocho,
Nakagyo-ku,
Kyoto
604-8035
420 Sakuranocho,
Nakagyo-ku,
Kyoto
604-8035
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Previous Names: Ebisu-za, Shochiku Theater, Kyoto Piccadilly
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This started life as the Ebisu-za, opening in November 1894. After a major renovation, the Ebisu-za reopened as the Shochiku Theater on April 29, 1938 with Deanna Durbin in “One Hundred Men And A Girl”. At the time, the theater also went under an abbreviated name of “Shogeki”. It had 632-seats
In 1954, it was renamed Kyoto Piccadilly, and the “Theater” name was added to the Piccadilly name, calling the theater the Kyoto Piccadilly Theater in 1967 following a rebuild. It was closed on November 22, 2001 with a reduced seating capacity of 494-seats.
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This opened in November 1894 as the Ebisu-za (or the Ebisuyaza Theatre in English). Throughout most of its later history, the Kyoto Piccadilly screens Shochiku’s foreign films (including American movies), but became a Japanese Shochiku affiliate in either the late-1980s or early-1990s.
The Kyoto Piccadilly closed on November 22, 2001, not July 31, 2014. This was because of the MOVIX Kyoto’s opening the following week, which also caused other Shochiku theaters in Kyoto to close as well.
During its days as the Piccadilly, it originally housed 632 seats, but towards the end of its operation, it last operated with 494 seats.