Established in 1921 by Japanese businessman Yoichi Otsubo (大坪與一), Takao-gekijō was a performance located in the Horié-chō (堀江町) neighborhood. This theater was long considered the city’s first cinema, though earlier venues such as Takao-za (打狗座) predated it by over a decade. It was formally renamed Takao-kan (高雄館) in 1931. It was located at the intersection of what is now Wufu Road and Qixian Road in Yancheng and was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War 2. The site was later reused for the construction of Dongzhou Theater (亞洲戲院).
Note: this location has vanished. Any information presented here is only for reference.
提醒：此地點已消失，本文僅供參考用途。
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.