Roxie Theater's monthly film series NIPPON NIGHTS is screening "SAVE THE CLUB NOON", a Japanese documentary about law regulating entertainment.
Noon, a venerable Osaka club, was busted in April 2012 for violating Japan's law regulating entertainment establishments. Eight were arrested in the case, their charges being that the club allowed approximately 20 people to dance on its premises "without permission". The law regulating entertainment businesses makes it illegal to allow patrons to dance, but the law went into effect in 1948, and in many ways is out of step with contemporary society. This film devolves into problems in Japan's music industry with interviews of performers who have their doubts about the law.
Roxie Theater's monthly film series NIPPON NIGHTS is screening "SAVE THE CLUB NOON", a Japanese documentary about law regulating entertainment.
Noon, a venerable Osaka club, was busted in April 2012 for violating Japan's law regulating entertainment establishments. Eight were arrested in the case, their charges being that the club allowed approximately 20 people to dance on its premises "without permission". The law regulating entertainment businesses makes it illegal to allow patrons to dance, but the law went into effect in 1948, and in many ways is out of step with contemporary society. This film devolves into problems in Japan's music industry with interviews of performers who have their doubts about the law.
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