National Film Archive of Japan — Attraction in Tokyo

Any fan of Japanese cinema ought to visit here. It's exapnsive but not deep. For example as an Ozu fan I should.make my way to the dedicated Ozu musuem instead. But for a nice overview of Japanese film through a historical lens this is a good place to check out. There is lots of memorabilia including antique cameras, promo material and even old reels projected for guests to view.

That being said the special exhibition I went to (horror ) was a bit of a let down. No photos were allowed on this area, but it was mostly just regular posters with Japanese titles rather than alternative movie posters. Poster art is fascinating, even more so when you plunge into the depths of international/alternative poster art, but sadly there wasn't much of that on display. The Jaws poster is iconic sure, but if you imagine Japanese font in place for the English, that's the exact poster they had on display. They were all preserved well. But for the extra charge and camera restrictions I had...

For locals it’s probably like a library of films, for me, I came because it’s literally sits next to my hotel(integrate hotel) and they have an Akira Kurosawa exhibition. The exhibition is on the 7th floor. Adult ticket price is 250 yen per person. The first half of the exhibition is always the same regardless when are you going there. It’s about movie history in Japan. Everything is explained in Japanese, Chinese and English. You can learn quite a bit about the movie history. Second half of the exhibition always changes, this few months its Akira Kurosawa exhibition. Unfortunately it’s in Japanese only. And a lot of restrictions on taking photos. I enjoyed the exhibition overall, but I hope they can have translations for all exhibits. Depending on how fast you read, the exhibition will take you about 30-40 mins to go through. For 250 yen I would say this is pretty much a must go if you are interested in...

GREAT BUT IT COULD BE BETTER. I went there like 5-7 times in a month because of a Mexican Golden Age Movie Festival and even though the place has a great location and the staff is awesome, the front seats within the cinema are so close to the screen that you can feel awkward and even finish a movie with neck pain. The place also needs some signs pointing towards the toilets and even to the cinema because it was kind of confusing where you should head to at the beginning. Nevertheless, the film selection is just great and you can spend a fabulous couple of hours here...