Kansai Cinema Listings

UMEDA

SANBANGAI CINEMA

(North of Hankyu INGS) Tel: 06-6374-0661
http://www.toho.co.jp
Wed. for women ¥1,000, Fri. morning ¥1,300

DOA • DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
From Mar 10

NAVIO TOHOPLEX

(HEP NAVIO 7~9F) Tel: 06-6316-1312
Wed for women ¥1,000, Fri. first show ¥1,300.
first of every month ¥1,000.
http://www.toho.co.jp

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
THE DEPARTED • THE GUARDIAN
GHOST RIDER
GUANTANOMO
From Mar 3
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM From Mar 17

UMEDA PICCADILLY

(Above Izumi-no Hiroba)
Tel: 06-6315-1414
Wed for women ¥1,000

007 CASINO ROYALE
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
STEP UP
HAPPY FEET
From Mar 17

UMEDA BURG7

(South from Hansin Dep. Store, E-MA Build. 7~13F)
06-4795-7602
Wed for women ¥1,000, after 21:00 ¥1,200,
except Sat every first of the month ¥1,000

THE DEPARTED
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
DREAMGIRLS
THE GUARDIAN
PRIDE 33: THE SECOND COMING
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
From Mar 3
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM From Mar 17
THE HOLIDAYS From Mar 21

UMEDA GARDEN CINEMA

(Umeda Sky Build. Tower East 4F)

OUT OF PLACE: MEMOIRS OF EDWARD SAID Call for movie times
THE PINCHCLIFF GRAND PRIX From Mar 17

CINE LIEBRE UMEDA

(Umeda Sky Build. Tower East 3F)
Tel: 06-6440-5930
Wed for women ¥1,000, first of the month ¥1,000

LITTLE MS. SUNSHINE Call for movie times
SAINT JACQUES From end of Mar

THEATER UMEDA

(Umeda Loft B1F) 06-6359-1080
on Wed for women ¥1,000, on Tue for men ¥1,000,
first of the month ¥1,000.

THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
SHOOTING DOGS
Call for movie times
MOZART AND THE WHALE From Mar 10
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION From Mar 17

MINAMI

CINE POP

(1-2-3 Sennichimae 2-11-5 Shikishima Build.)
Tel: 06-6641-3719
Wed for women ¥1,000, Fri. first show ¥1,300,
first of the month ¥1,000

MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND
007 CASINO ROYALE
DOA
Call for movie times

KADOZA

(Dotonbori 1-4-20 Kadoza kaikan)
Tel: 06(6211)1131
Wed. for women ¥1,000

STEP UP From Mar 17

TOHO CINEMAS NAMBA

(8F, 3-8-9, Chuo-ku, Osaka) Tel: 06-6647-5705
Wed for women ¥1,000
www.tohotheater.jp/theater/namba

007 CASINO ROYALE
THE DEPARTED
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS
THE GUARDIAN
DREAMGIRLS
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
GHOST RIDER
From Mar 3
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND From Mar 10
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
STEP UP
HAPPY FEET
From Mar 17
THE HOLIDAYS From Mar 21
THE POLICE: INSIDE OUT From Mar 31

CINESMART SHINSAIBASHI

Chuo-ku Nishi-Shinsaibashi 1-6-14 Big Step
Tel: 06-6282-0815 Wed.
for women ¥1,000. First of the month ¥1,000

MEMOIRS OF EDWARD SAID
JACKASS NUMBER TWO
HAPPY FEET
From Mar 17


KYOTO

MOVIX KYOTO

(Nakagyo-ku, Shinkyogoku, Sanjyo-sagaru, Sakuranomachi 400banchi) Tel: 075(254)3215
Wed for women ¥1,000, every first of the month ¥1,000.
http://www.movix.jp

THE DEPARTED
DREAMGIRLS
THE GUARDIAN
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
GHOST RIDER
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
From Mar 3
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
STEP UP
HAPPY FEET
From Mar 17
THE HOLIDAYS
From Mar 21

KYOTO CINEMA

(Cocon Torimaru Bldg. 3F, Shijo-Kudaru, Torimaru-dori.)
Tel: 075(353)4723
Wed. for women: ¥1,000, every first of the month ¥1000

CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN


KOBE

OS HANKYU KAIKAN

(Hankyu Sannomiya St. East Exit)
Tel: 078(321)3350
Tue for women ¥1,000, Fri. first show ¥1,300,
first of the month ¥1,000.
www3.ocn.ne.jp/~os-movie/index.htm

DOA
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
From Mar 3

OS CINE PHOENIX

(Sannomiya Center Plaza East Bldg; 6F)
Tel: 078-392-0270
Tue for women ¥1,000, Fri. first show ¥1,300,
every first of the month ¥1,000.

THE DEPARTED
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
DREAMGIRLS
PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
From Mar 3
DÉJÀ VU From Mar 17

KOBE KOKUSAI SHOCHIKU

(Chuo-ku, Goko-dori 8-1-6 Kobe Kokusai Kaikan, 11F)
Tel: 078-230-3580
Tue for women ¥1,000, first of the month ¥1,000.
www.shochiku.co.jp/cinema/theaters

THE DEPARTED
STEP UP
HAPPY FEET
From Mar 17

CINE MOSAIC

(Harborland Mosaic 3f) TEL: 078-360-7000
Tue for women ¥1,000, Fri first show ¥1,300

DREAMGIRLS
THE GUARDIAN
GHOST RIDER
From Mar 3
DEJA VU From Mar 17

CINELIVRE KOBE

(Chou-ku, Namihana-cho 59) Tel: 078-334-2126
Tue for women ¥1,000, every first of the month ¥1,000.
http://www.nikkatsu.com

LITTLE MS. SUNSHINE


 

**NOTE
Films and show times are subject to change without notice. Call in advance to check and verify times.

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Scourge of the Seven Seas

Two important dates this year in China: January 30, the date when Casino Royale became the very uncut and uncensored James Bond film to open on the mainland for moviegoers; and January 1 (give or take a week), when Casino Royale became available for purchase on dirt-cheap, pirated VCD. It goes without saying that film piracy is a huge problem throughout Asia - a DVDburning lab in Aichi was shuttered just last January, and a 2004 report from the MPA (Motion Pictures Association) estimated $896 million in lost revenue.

Though there are fairly strict laws in places to deal with the rampant spread of film piracy in Japan, pirates remain unfettered (a trip to Shinsaibashi on any given night will net you at least one encounter with someone selling ¥1,000 copies of newly-released movies). The MPA's Save Our Movies campaign, featuring public service announcements before every film shown in local theaters, is much less benign these days (an earlier, rather unsettling ad featured a young women crying black tears before morphing into a skull), though it is no less serious. "The threat of continued wholesale theft of intellectual property persists in the Asia-Pacific region," the organization notes.

For information: Motion Pictures Association of America: http://mpaa.org