NIPPON CINEMA RETRO KYOTO
This website for film and history buffs, and anyone else with a curious mind, introduces the 100-year story of how Uzumasa Kyoto, also known as Hollywood of Japan, has preserved Japanese film culture and its cinematic heritage.
This site introduces the history of Kyoto–City of Film by introducing the studios that were located in Kyoto up to the present day’s Shochiku Studio and Toei Studios Kyoto, as well as the filming locations of period films, and selected scenes from period movies with stars of the past, including Denjiro Okochi, that were shot in Kyoto.
It also functions as a film culture × Kyoto travel information site, connecting visitors with Kyoto, the city of film, through film experiences.
Experience the drama
only Kyoto can offer!
Japanese Movie
Sacred Site Tour
Special
Experience
You can apply here for a special experience only available at Cinema Retro Kyoto.
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Uzumasa
AreaToei Kyoto Studio Park Private Evening Party
Toei Kyoto Studio Park is an open set used to film movies and television productions both day and night.Visitors can also take a close-up look at sets used for filming before television broadcasts a
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Uzumasa
AreaKeifuku Line (Randen) And Toei Kyoto Studio Park Set Tickets
This special set ticket includes an admission ticket for Toei Kyoto Studio Park and a Randen (Keifuku Electric Railroad) one-day open ticket.Visitors can freely tour the remains of film studios and
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Uzumasa
AreaShochiku Studio — Closed to the public, one reserved party per day, custom projects
Step into Shochiku Studio, which is not open to the public, and travel back in time to the Edo period!Waiting rooms, make-up room, and costume room for cast are available to use for hair styling, ma
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Uzumasa
AreaShochiku Studio Private Tour
Step into Shochiku Studio, which is not open to the public, and travel back in time to the Edo period!Play with the cast in the Gambling House held on set...Get caught up in a big fight... and wat
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Uzumasa
AreaUzumasa—Town of Kinema: Exploring Filming Locations
Tour of the sacred sites of Japanese cinema guided by local actors in samurai costumes, with secret filming stories from shopping district shopkeepers.
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Uzumasa
AreaToei Studios KyotoPremium Samurai/Ninja Costume and Fitting Tour
Visitors can dress up in period drama costumes (samurai, ninja, etc.) in the studio and feel like a character in a period film with coaching by an actual actor.Sword Fighting Image (C) Toei Studio
A special part of Kyoto
you can only see here
Cinema Archives
Archive
Here you will find exclusive information only found at Cinema Retro Kyoto.