KOREA

August 2022
Hidden View

Another Screen

A Movie Theater with an Ocean View Draws Visitors to Samcheonpo

Megabox Samcheonpo Branch is a one-of-a-kind movie theater. While it¡¯s not the largest theater, with just three screens with 30 seats per hall, its seaside location provides visitors with an experience they can find nowhere else. When the end credits roll at the end of the movie, the blackout curtains open, fully revealing the full-length glass window behind them. Beyond the window stretches the deep blue of Korea¡¯s southern seas. It¡¯s no exaggeration to call the sea an integral part of the theater itself—indeed, it¡¯s the theater¡¯s true ¡°big screen.¡± Is it any wonder, then, why so many visitors come from far and wide to this small theater in a remote corner of southern Korea to take in a film?