Produced and distributed in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Cinema Novecento The Season Melody Was There" will be shown on the road from April 29 (Tue., national holiday)!

Cinema Novecento, Japan's smallest film cinema operated by Cinema Novecento Corporation (Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture), will screen "The Season Melody Was There," a production commemorating the 10th anniversary of Cinema Novecento's opening, from April 29, 2025 (Tuesday, national holiday).

The Seasons of Melody" (C) "The Seasons of Melody" Production Committee

Outline of the film

A masterpiece of a coming-of-age love story, "Melody of a Small Love" was released in 1971 and became a blockbuster hit.

As an icon of first love films, it has been revived many times since then, and even now, half a century after its initial release, it is a miraculous film that has many fans.

Cinema Novecento will hold a screening event in 2022 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of "Melody of a Small Love".

In addition to special screenings of the film and a 35mm new print of "Graduation Trip: Little Adventurer," in which Mark Lester starred in Japan, fan events were held in Yokohama, Kyoto, and Shibuya, inviting Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde, the stars of "Melody of a Little Love," to attend. The events were filmed and recorded on camera.

In addition to the footage captured on camera at those events, we have finally completed a documentary film that follows Mark and Tracy on their location tours around London!

The film is a must-see for melody fans, capturing the smiles on the faces of the two, who still retain their original faces even after half a century, and the enthusiasm of the Japanese fans who still love "A Little Love Melody" to this day.

The film also offers a nostalgic glimpse of the lively Minami Kaikan, a famous mini-theater in Kyoto that no longer exists, as well as the Pure Stage, which was located on the lower floor of the museum and was run by the late director Toru Ichikawa.

The director of the documentary film "Seppuku Pistols Sangyo! (22), which won international acclaim.

As a hardcore melody fanatic himself, his gaze on the two leads is filled with boundless warmth.

The film was produced by Hisakazu Ochiai, a subtitle translator who served as interpreter for the two actors at the event.

This film was produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the opening of Cinema Novecento.

For the time being, there are no plans to screen the film only at the museum, sell the software, or distribute the film, so please come and see it!

Screening details

Screening title

Title ： "The Season Melody Was There" (2025 / DCP / Color / 77 min)

Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Umezaki Yo

Production ： Hisakazu Ochiai

Production: Cinema Novecento

Cast : Tracey Hyde, Mark Lester

▼Screening Period

Tuesday, April 29th (National Holiday) - (Closing date undecided)

Timetable

April 29 (Tue, holiday) : 3:00 p.m. - [Special Box Office

April 30 (Wed.) - May 2 (Fri.) : 18:00 -

May 3 (Sat) - 6 (Tue, holiday), 10 (Sat): 12:00 -

Thursday, May 8 & Friday, May 9: 16:00-18:00

Sunday, May 11: 11:00 -

May 12 (Mon), 14 (Wed) - 16 (Fri): 5:00 p.m.

May 17 (Sat) & 18 (Sun) & 24 (Sat) & 25 (Sun): 10:00 -

Saturday, May 31: from 12:30 p.m.

Please check the schedule page below.

▼ Prices

2,000 yen flat (Same-day ticket only)