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Kiki’s Delivery Service is returning to Osaka cinemas this month, and English speakers won’t need to stream a subtitled or dubbed version to enjoy Studio Ghibli’s 1989 classic to the fullest.
Toho Cinemas Umeda is one of only five cinemas in Japan screening Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece with English subtitles, running for two weeks from Friday July 3.
The film comes back in a new 4K digital remaster, supervised by Studio Ghibli, that sharpens Kiki’s flight scenes and the vistas of the port town of Koriko she calls home for her year of training.
It’s a rare chance to see Kiki, Jiji and their broomstick flight over the sea the way they were meant to be seen: on a big screen, not a laptop.
Umeda is Osaka’s only venue for it and with just one subtitled screening a day – usually in the morning – it’s worth booking ahead. Do so at the Toho Cinemas website.
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