[Mini Theater Revisited] No. 26 Shibuya style trend, hot summer of mini theaters... Part 3 Shibuya's pioneering mini theater, Cine Saison Shibuya

Opened in Dogenzaka in 1985

Cine Saison Shibuya opened on November 6, 1985. The opening performance was ` `And Then the Boat Goes '' (1983), a fantastic art work directed by Italian master Federico Fellini.

After that, director Alan Rudolph's urban love story "Choose Me" (1984), Hector Babenco's gay tragic film " Kiss of the Romeo Is Bleeding " (1985), and Spike Lee's love story of a black woman "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985) were released. In the 1980s, popular independent films such as ``She's Gotta Have It'' (1985) and John Cassavetes' last masterpiece ` `Love Streams '' (1983) were popular.

In addition, the human drama `` Babette's Banquet '' (1987), a human drama with a cooking theme, `` Goodbye, Children '' (1987), a cruel story of children set in the Nazi era, directed by Louis Malle, Many excellent and popular works have been screened at this theater, including `` Damage '' (1992), which depicts the forbidden love between a son and his fiancée.

At the time, Shibuya already had mini theaters such as PARCO's Space Part 3 and Euro Space, but the former was a multipurpose hall, and the latter was a modest theater with less than 100 seats.

In that respect, Cine Saison Shibuya, which had over 200 seats and good facilities, was attracting attention as the first full-fledged mini-theater in Shibuya.

Managed by the Saison Group, which focused on cultural projects in the 1980s, many of the films screened were distributed by Cine Saison (most of the films mentioned above were distributed by Cine Saison. However, ``She's Gotta Have "It" will be jointly distributed by the company and KUZUI Enterprises, "Romeo Is Bleeding's Kiss" will be distributed by Herald Ace).

At the time, the Saison Group also created mini theaters such as Cine Vivant Roppongi in Roppongi in 1983, Kineca Omori in Omori in 1984, and Ginza Theater Seiyu (later Ginza Theater Cinema) in 1987, breathing new life into the movie industry. It was.

However, since Cine Saison Shibuya was located on the 6th floor of a building, it was difficult for passersby to notice the movie theater's existence.

Also, when reviewing the screening list, there were so many different types of movies being screened that it was difficult to grasp the overall trend, but when I talked to people who knew the movie at the time, they said, ``The revival screenings had a lot of individuality.'' There are quite a lot of people saying that.

Instead of just playing old movies, he has revived them by bringing a modern flavor to them. In particular, there are cases where new life has been breathed into the late show.

◉Projects shown at the time this theater started. William Hurt's Oscar-winning blockbuster ``Kiss of the Romeo Is Bleeding'' (1985), director Alan Rudolph's hidden gem ``Please Me'' (1984), and director Spike Lee's first full-scale feature ``She's''.・Gotta Have It” (1985), and “Love Streams” (1983), co-starring John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands.