| PolePole Higashi-Nakano | |
| City: | Nakano, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
| Capacity: | 96 |
| Type: | Theater |
| Opened: | September, 2003 |
| Othernames: | PolePole |
PolePole Higashi-Nakano is a mini theater in Higashi-Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. The theater's name, "PolePole," means "slowly, slowly" in Swahili. It has 1 screen and 96 seats.[1]
The movie theater "BOX Higashi Nakano", which preceded PolePole Higashi-Nakano, closed on April 25, 2003, due to contractual issues between the operating company and the building owner.[2]
After that, the building owner publicly solicited a new manager, and on September 6, 2003, it reopened as PolePole Higashi-Nakano with Takahiro Otsuki as the manager.
PolePole Higashi-Nakano is the only movie theater in Nakano.[3]
It mainly screens documentary films, which were a feature of BOX Higashi Nakano, as well as self-distributed works and feature films by young directors.[1] One of the biggest hits screened at PolePole Higashi-Nakano is Life Is Fruity.