Places related to Ozu Yasujiro in Matsusaka

Places related to Ozu Yasujiro in Matsusaka

Kagura-za Theater (Around 1930)
Front side of Kagura-za Theater (In 1949)
Front side of Kagura-za Theater (In 1949)

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Site of Kagura-za Theater

Kagura-za was a movie theater which was only 400 meters from Yasujiroʼs house. He frequently went there to watch movies, which had a great influence on his life as a movie director.

In 1951 he visited Matsusaka and stood next to this theater, saying “If it had not been for this theater, I would not be a movie director now.”