Dansungsa, established in 1907, was the first movie theatre in Korea. It is located in
Jongno
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3-''ga'',
Seoul
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. ''Korea Loyal Flight'' became the theatre's first ever
premiere
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A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...
in 1919.
Chunsa Na Woon-gyu's Korean folk movie,
''Arirang'', followed, premiering in the theatre in 1926. ''
Chunhyanjeon'' became the theatre's third premier in 1935.
In 1963, the South Korean government declared October 27, the same day when ''Korea Loyal Flight'' premiered at Dansungsa, to be the Korea Film Day. The declaration celebrated both the beginning of Korean film industry as well as the fact that Dansungsa, along with
Woomikwan and
Chosum Movie Theatre, the only theatre showing Korean movies during the
colonial rule
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.
It has reopened in 2005 as a modern multiplex with seven screens.
Dansungsa is directly accessible from
Jongno 3-ga Station
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In December 2010 the station is recorded as having the fifth highest WiFi data consumption of all the Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations ...
of
Seoul Subway
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lines
one,
three
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* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
and
five
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* 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era
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* ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram
* ''5'' (comics), an awa ...
.
See also
*
Cinema of Korea
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Korea under Japanese rule
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References
Cinemas and movie theaters in Seoul
1907 establishments in Korea
Buildings and structures in Jongno District
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