Denkikan
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title:
Denkikan
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The Denkikan (電気館) was the first dedicated movie theater in Japan. Originally a hall built in Asakusa's Rokku theater district to present spectacles featuring electricity, it was converted into a movie theater in October 1903 by Yoshizawa Shōten, the most successful of the film companies at the time. Featuring benshi such as Saburo Somei, it quickly became the symbol of the new phenomenon of the motion pictures and many cinemas around Japan were later created that borrowed the name "Denkikan."
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First dedicated movie theater in Japan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denkikan
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2023-01-27T19:51:16Z
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