After the war, as momentum for restoring Kamigata rakugo heightened, the Ebisubashi Shochiku theater (of Sentochi Kogyo (later Nippon Dream Kanko)) opened in Minami (the southern area of Osaka City).
戦後は上方落語の復興機運が高まるとともに、ミナミに戎橋松竹が開場（千土地興行（後の日本ドリーム観光）が経営）。