A fact from Sakata Minato-za appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 July 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the revival of the Sakata Minato-za, the oldest cinema in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan, has been called "like something out of a movie"?
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The Japanese version of the article says Minato-za changed to three screens only in 1977 (which would make sense, since the competition burned down the year before), and that ownership went to Miyazaki General Partnership Company in March 1993. Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 04:36, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm... I'll rework the screens part. I think I remember seeing 1993 in the Yamaguchi source... not sure though. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:43, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]