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Shuri Cinema was a movie theater with 211 seats located near Shuri Castle in a residential neighborhood. The seating arrangement with central benches was designed specifically for comfortable film viewing.

The theater opened in 1950 as the first covered cinema in the region and screened its inaugural film on opening day. Over the following decades, it showed diverse film types including Japanese period dramas and international works.

The theater shaped how local residents spent their leisure time for more than 70 years, bringing stories and entertainment to the Shuri community. Families and friends gathered here as part of their everyday social routines.

The theater was easy to reach from the Shuri Castle area and located in an accessible residential neighborhood. Its smaller size made it an intimate venue for watching films with a local feel.

The theater was operated by three generations of the Kinjo family before its closure and demolition in 2023. This long family stewardship gave it deep roots in the community and made it a place where personal histories overlapped with the region's changes.

GPS coordinates: 26.22125,127.71594

Latest update: December 12, 2025 12:08