[KineJapan] Film fests of yore in Yurakucho/Hibiya

[Rob Schwartz]

Aaron-

Toho took down the small Godzilla statue that was at eye-level and during
the recent renovation constructed a new, bigger one in that square. It sits
atop the kiosk/coffee shop that is across from Toho's corporate HQ.

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On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 6:18 AM Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Great discussion!
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> I’m sure most know this, but it is good to remember that Kobayashi Ichizo
> and Toho were central in the development of the Yurakucho entertainment
> district, not only building the Takarazuka theater but even buying the
> Nichigeki soon after. Toho still has their corporate offices there. Before
> the recent redevelopment, it had a Godzilla statue in the square and hand
> prints of movie stars. Before the war, Furukawa Roppa’s revue performed in
> Yurakucho, and he was conscious of his salaryman audience (I wrote about
> that in my piece on Japanese musicals).
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> Aaron Gerow
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