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With sun, sea, sand and excellent movies, it’s no wonder that the Zushi Beach Film Festival is a popular fixture on the Golden Week calendar. This open-air cinema in Kanagawa prefecture is organised by Cinema Caravan, a collective of artists and creatives who plan community events around the world. Every year it brings this event to Zushi, with movie screenings on the beach plus food stalls, a bazaar and live entertainment.
The 13-day festival is screening a variety of Japanese and international films; a few of them are in English with Japanese subtitles. Every day is a different movie and the show starts at a different time. You'll find the film schedule here. Here’s the line-up of English films:
- Friday April 24: ‘School of Rock’ (2003) follows a struggling musician who impersonates a substitute teacher at a prep school and turns his students into a rock band for a battle of the bands competition.
- Sunday April 26: ‘Hook’ (1991), adult Peter Pan, now a workaholic lawyer, must return to Neverland to rescue his children from Captain Hook and rediscover his lost sense of wonder.
- Tuesday April 28: 'Awakenings' (1990), Robin Williams is Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a researcher in 1969 Bronx who administers an experimental drug that temporarily awakens catatonic patients, with varying results.
- Tuesday May 5: 'All the Streets Are Silent: New York' (1987–1997) is a documentary by Jeremy Elkin that explores how hip-hop and skateboarding cultures intertwined in late 1980s to 1990s New York, shaping a vibrant underground movement that defined the city’s distinctive urban style and street language.
There’s also a skating ramp at the beach, plus DJs and musicians providing the soundtrack to the relaxed atmosphere.
Zushi Beach Film Festival takes place from April 24 until May 6. Tickets will not be sold at the venue, so be sure to buy the tickets online in advance.
Visit the Zushi Beach Film Festival website for more information.
This article was originally published on April 8 2022 and updated on April 15 2026.
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