A theater in Tuku, Yunlin, established in 1935 as Fun’yō-za (汾陽座), initially as a venue for traditional opera and performance, but also for film screenings and other events as time wore on. A full house would accommodate around 400 to 500 audience members. It was renamed after the war and continued to operate into the 1960s, but seems to have closed down around 1971. Allegedly it appears in a Taiwanese film Loves of a Small Town Doctor (小鎮醫生的愛情) released in 1986, but only the interior. It was eventually repurposed for use as a warehouse. Not open to the public.
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Links
- Cultural Heritage Map of Old Theaters in Taiwan (臺灣老戲院文史地圖)
Sources
- Taiwan General Guide, Ta-Hwa Evening News, 1963 《台灣通覽》，大華晚報社，1963
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
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