長野千石劇場, Movie theater in Nagano, Japan

Nagano Sengoku Theater is a cinema with three screens of different sizes, each serving different audience numbers and film types. The venue is equipped to show films throughout the day in various formats and genres.

The Sengoku Theater opened on 16 December 1950, the first reinforced-concrete cinema building among the roughly 80 then operating in Nagano Prefecture; the Nikatsu Dancing Team performed at its opening. A mini-theater, later Theater 3, was added in 1988, and in 1999 the balcony was separated to create three screens. When Nagano Toei closed in 2006, the cinema took over its Toei releases.

The theater opened in 1950 with a performance by the Nichigeki Dancing Team. It long specialized in Hollywood films, and since the 2006 closure of Nagano Toei in Gondō it has shown Toei titles. Its name comes from the Sengoku-gai alley where it stands.

The theater sits about 3 minutes on foot from the Zenkoji Exit of JR Nagano Station, making it easy to find and reach. Access is straightforward and the layout is simple to navigate once you arrive.

The 1950 opening was marked by a performance of the Nichigeki Dancing Team, a revue troupe from Tokyo. The building was the first reinforced-concrete cinema in Nagano Prefecture, at a time when about 80 cinemas operated there. It originally had a balcony and showed only Hollywood films.