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Kansai Cinema Listings

UMEDA

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

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
VANTAGE POINT
CLOVERFIELD
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
MICHAEL CLAYTON
UNTRACEABLE
LIONS FOR LAMBS
HITMAN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
10,000BC
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR From May 17
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN From May 21
RAMBO: TO HELL AND BACK From May 24

UMEDA PICCADILLY

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

10,000BC
NEXT
THE BUCKET LIST From May 10
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN From May 21

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

LIONS FOR LAMBS
10,000BC
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR From May 17
MR. BROOKS From May 24
21 From May 31

UMEDA GARDEN CINEMA

Umeda Sky Build. Tower East 4F

THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE
BRODRE
CONTROL
YOU, THE LIVING
A SWEDISH LOVE STORY From early May

CINE LIEBRE UMEDA

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

A FROZEN TIME
FACTORY GIRL
JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB From May 10

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 OF GOLDEN EGGS - THE BEST SELECTION & LIVE FILM W/TURKEY PARADISE ORCHESTRA
SLEUTH
ATONEMENT
THE HUNTING PARTY From May 10

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

CLOVERFIELD
HITMAN
LIONS FOR LAMBS

TOHO CINEMAS NAMBA

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

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
MICHAEL CLAYTON
UNTRACEABLE
HITMAN
LIONS FOR LAMBS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
10,000BC
CLOVERFIELD
THE BUCKET LIST From May 10
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN From May 17
RAMBO: TO HELL AND BACK From May 24

NAMBA PARKS CINEMA

Inside Namba Park 6F, 8F, 9F
Tel: 06-6643-3215.
Wed for women ¥1,000. All movies after 8pm ¥1,200

MICHAEL CLAYTON
UNTRACEABLE
HITMAN
LIONS FOR LAMBS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
10,000BC
CLOVERFIELD
NEXT
THE BUCKET LIST From May 10
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR From May 17
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA From May 21
RAMBO: TO HELL AND BACK From May 24

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

CLOVERFIELD
WAGNER'S TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
MICHAEL CLAYTON
UNTRACEABLE
HITMAN
LIONS FOR LAMBS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
10,000BC
NEXT
THE BUCKET LIST From May 10
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR From May 17
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN From May 21
MR BROOKS
RAMBO: TO HELL AND BACK From May 24

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

THERE WILL BE BLOOD
ATONEMENT
I'M NOT THERE
THE HUNTING PARTY From May 10

KOBE

OS CINE MINT KOBE

(Inside MINT Kobe 9-12F)
Tel: 078-291-5330
Tue. for women ¥1,000, Fri. first show ¥1,300 every first of the month ¥1,000

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
DEAD SILENCE
MICHAEL CLAYTON
UNTRACEABLE
HITMAN
LIONS FOR LAMBS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
10,000BC
CLOVERFIELD
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR From May 17
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN From
May 21
RAMBO: TO HELL AND BACK From May 24

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

NEXT
10,000BC
THE BUCKET LIST From May 10
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN

SANNOMIYA CINE PHONEIX

(Harborland Mosaic 3F) TEL: 078-360-7000
Tue for women ¥1,000

MICHAEL CLAYTON
ATONEMENT
MIST From May 10
27 DRESSES From May 31
21 From May 31

CINE MOSAIC

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

LIONS FOR LAMBS
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR From May 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

DARJEELING LIMITED
FACTORY GIRL
JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB From May 10

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

Compiled by Maki Nibayashi

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Shots across the bow

Digital pirates, abandon ship! The lives of movie and music file sharers are set to be made much more difficult, thanks to new laws the nation is planning to crush pirates where they're found.

Following similar worldwide efforts to stop the pilfering of movies through peer-topeer file sharing, word came last month of a consortium between four of Japan's biggest internet service providers. With the full backing (or thanks, perhaps, to the endless goading) of film studios, music companies and other copyright holders, the ISPs are plann- ing a system that would see P2P movie and music down- loaders targeted, warned, then blocked from said P2Ps or dropped from their internet services entirely.

The old ‘stealing copyrighted material' scold is just one portion of the argument, however; thanks to the proliferation of high-bandwidth connections, and the popularity of file-sharing sites like Winny, Limewire and eDonkey, Japan is high up there among all countries in terms of internet bandwidth usage. Astonishingly - and a fair sign of just how much bandwidth is used by just how few people - according to some reports, a meager one percent of Japan's internet users use a whopping 47 percent of the available bandwidth. You know what happens to overly-greedy pirates ...