Back to the Beginning, the film of Black Sabbath's last show on July 5, 2025, is screened at Shinjuku Wald 9 from 19:00 on Thursday, December 3, what would have been Ozzy Osbourne's 78th birthday; the show was his last time on stage too. It is the last of the film's screenings in Japan, which began with the Japan premiere on October 28, and the night is called "WE LOVE YOU,OZZY". After the film, Marty Friedman, formerly the guitarist of Megadeth, takes the stage with the host Ken Ayugai. Advance tickets (3,600 yen) are on sale at e+ until 18:00 on Sunday, November 29.
The film starts at 19:00 on December 3 — a "Call OK!" screening, where the audience may chant and stand
The film is a 2026 British production, shown in 4K and 2D with the theatrical 5.1-channel mix and Japanese subtitles, and runs about 148 minutes. Everyone attending receives one Ozzy Osbourne mask, a paper cut-out of his face at nearly life size.
It is a "Call OK!" screening: chanting, shouting, singing, clapping, headbanging, standing, costumes and glow sticks or penlights are all allowed. Moshing, diving, standing on the seats, noisemakers, fireworks, live animals (bats and doves among them) and filming or recording are not, and the organisers say it is not the screening for anyone who wants to watch quietly.
Marty Friedman and the host Ken Ayugai take the stage after the film — Ozzy Osbourne and his guitarists
After the film, Marty Friedman, who made classic records as Megadeth's guitarist and now works as a solo artist around the world, takes the stage. The host is Ken Ayugai, who presents the programme ROCK FUJIYAMA with Marty Friedman.
The topics listed are Ozzy Osbourne's relationships with his guitarists, from his first, Randy Rhoads, to Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde, and Tony Iommi, his partner in Black Sabbath; the music each of them brought; Ozzy Osbourne as a person; and his influence on the music that followed. Marty Friedman himself played Ozzfest in 1998 with Megadeth. The programme may change.
Advance tickets, 3,600 yen, on e+ until 18:00 on November 29 — seats left go on sale at the cinema for 4,600 yen from December 1
Advance tickets cost 3,600 yen including tax and are sold first come, first served on e+ until 18:00 on Sunday, November 29. Seats left are due to go on sale at the cinema from 0:00 on Tuesday, December 1, as theatre tickets at 4,600 yen including tax. All seats are reserved and cannot be chosen. Everyone aged three and over needs a ticket, applying on e+ needs a free membership, and tickets cannot be changed or refunded.
The last of the screenings that began with the Japan premiere on October 28 — the Japan-only edition comes out on December 11
The film's run in Japan began with the Japan premiere on Wednesday, October 28, followed by a Halloween screening on Saturday, October 31, and a screening for the 45th anniversary of Diary Of A Madman on Saturday, November 7, at 58 cinemas in 46 prefectures. As cinema after cinema sold out, encore screenings followed from Sunday, November 8, to Friday, November 13, and the run was to end with the "Black Sabbath" screening on the 13th, before this screening on December 3 was added. The announcement also calls it the "I'LL BE BACK" screening, after the words the fireworks spelled out at the end of Ozzy Osbourne's show in Costa Mesa on November 15, 1992, at which he had announced his retirement.
The film captures Back to the Beginning, Black Sabbath's last show, at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5, 2025, in front of 45,000 people: 68 songs over about nine hours, and Ozzy Osbourne's last time on stage. He died 17 days later, on July 22, at 76. The Japan-only edition with Japanese subtitles, two Blu-ray discs and an SHM-CD, comes out on December 11.