Shuji Tamura has grown despondent over being unable to directly thank people who helped to rescue his 106-year-old movie theater.
The Motomiya Movie Theater, located in a three-story wooden building on a back street about a three-minute walk from JR Motomiya Station, has experienced all sorts of problems over the decades, including flooding caused by Typhoon No. 19 in autumn last year that threatened to close the theater for good.
Source: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13918184