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Blog, English School Articles · June 24, 2009

Enjoying movies in English in Japan

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I enjoy going to a movie theater in Japan every now and then when a movie that I want to see movie comes out. I either go with my Japanese wife, or with her and one of my students from my English conversation school (英会話), Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校)located in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki City (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). That student invites us to the movies several times a year and we always enjoy watching movies in English with him. I think listening to movies in English is a good, fun way for students to improve their listening skills.

At movie theaters in Japan (日本の映画館), American movies can usually be seen either in English with Japanese subtitles, or in Japanese, at different times. When buying your ticket, you have to make sure your movie is in the right language. The regular price for a movie ticket in Japan is usually 1,800 yen. You can save money by buying your ticket in advance at ticket discount shops, found in some places. To find these, I recommend asking around in your area. I and my wife pay between 1,300 yen and 1,450 yen for these. Most movie theaters charge only 1,000 yen for anybody on the first day of the month and 1,000 yen for women only on Wednedays called “ladies day”(レディースディ). Popcorn, French fries, hotdogs, pop drinks, beer and juice are usually sold. If you get a 1,300 yen discount ticket, you can buy your food with the money that you saved! In Japan, you are given a choice of seats to sit from what’s not taken yet, then assigned seats like in an airplane, with rows and numbers. This is great because you can reserve your seats then relax and do something else until your movie starts. They usually let you in the screening room 10 minutes before showtime.

This month I and my wife saw two movies at the movie theater. One was Angels and Demons and the other was Terminator Salvation.

We saw Angels and Demons (天使と悪魔)at a mall the was opened just this year in Nishinomiya City, called Nishinomiya Gardens (阪急西宮ガーデンズ) . This mall is very big and nice. We had breakfast at Tully’s Coffee (タリーズコーヒー) before the show. The movie was good and we enjoyed some French fries, caramel popcorn and Canada Dry ginger ale while watching it. I like Canada Dry because not only does it taste great, it contains my home country’s name, Canada, and originated there! (^.^)
 
We saw Terminator Salvation at AEON Mall (イオンモール) in Itami City (伊丹市). To go there, we took an Amagasaki City bus (尼崎市バス)from Tsukaguchi(塚口)not far from my school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校). By luck, the day we went was “Cinema Day” (映画の日), when all movies are only 1,000 yen! Great! We bought some discount movie tickets in advance for another movie that we want to see called Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (トランスフォーマー/リベンジ). These discount tickets were 1,300 yen each. After reserving some seats for the show at the movie theater, we had some time before the movie would start, so we ate breakfast at Starbucks Coffee (スターバックスコーヒー). There we met a very kind American woman who was with I believe her Japanese husband.  She had been living in Japan for quite some time. They were going to see the latest Star Trek movie called Star Trek (スター・トレック). Like me, they really liked the original Star Trek, which was an American science fiction television series in the 1960s but which has been shown again and again in reruns over the years. It has been followed by 5 additional TV series and 11 movies. Amazing! After going to Starbucks Coffee and also doing some shopping in the mall, we watched the movie, which we enjoyed. It was the fourth in the Terminator series. I still remember going to see the second movie in the series, Terminator 2: Judgement Day (ターミネーター2), at the movies in Canada in the early 1990s. The special effects really amazed me at the time, with the bad guy being made of liquid metal! Wow! That was my favourite movie of the series.  

Happy movie watching!

Derek

Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi

スミス英会話塚口校

 

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