2024.3. 4
According to the the Eiga Joei Katsudo Nenkan 2022 (Almanac of Film Screenings 2022)*¹, "mini-theaters" refer to small cinemas or movie theaters conducting independent business not under the direct influence of major movie production and/or distribution companies and running programs mainly featuring "independent" or "art" films released in one or several theaters, as well as revival houses called "Meiga-za" that run programs featuring older films or new films which have finished showing at first-run movie houses.