Two movie theaters in Tokyo's Kamata district are offering "barrier-free" films for people with hearing or visual impairments.
At Theatre Kamata and Kamata Takarazuka, both located in a commercial and industrial area near Haneda airport, subtitles are shown on large displays and narration is provided through FM radio in special screenings every Sunday through March.
More than 20 movie houses operated near JR Kamata Station in Ota Ward during the early 1960s, the golden age of Japan's motion picture industry. The two theaters, now the only ones left in the area, began offering movies for the benefit of the hearing and visually impaired last May on a trial basis.