| Sundance Kabuki | |
|---|---|
| Former names | AMC Kabuki Cinema 8 |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Location | Japan Center |
| Address | 1881 Post Street |
| Town or city | San Francisco, California |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | |
| Opening | 1968 |
| Renovated | 2006–2007 |
Sundance Kabuki is an independent film movie theater in the Japan Center complex in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood. Formerly the AMC Kabuki Cinema 8, it was aquired by Robert Redford's Sundance Cinemas chain in 2006 as part of an anti-trust agreement allowing AMC to acquire Loews.[1] Sundance renovated the theater, and reopened it under its current name in December 2007, as the chain's second theater.[2]
The theater was the first multiplex in San Francisco.[3] It has been host to San Francisco's Cherry Blossom Festival activities,[1] is one of a small number of theaters showing performances by the San Francisco Opera,[4] and has screened several films for San Francisco International Film Festival and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival as recently as 2011.[5]