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[[File:Shochiku.png|thumb|right|250px|The Shochiku Co., Ltd. logo]]
[[File:Shochiku.png|thumb|right|250px|The Shochiku Co., Ltd. logo]]
'''Shochiku Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|松竹株式会社|Shōchiku Kabushikigaisha}} is a [[Japan]]ese film production company and distributor. It is headquartered in Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo. Among many others, Shochiku has produced a handful of [[tokusatsu]] films, most notably ''[[The X from Outer Space]]'' and its comedic remake ''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]''. Shochiku has also distributed films for both [[Kadokawa]], such as ''[[The Great Yokai War]]'' and ''[[Gamera the Brave]]'', and [[Tsuburaya Productions]].
'''Shochiku Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|松竹株式会社|Shōchiku Kabushiki Gaisha}} is a [[Japan]]ese film production company and distributor. It is headquartered in Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo. Among many others, Shochiku has produced a handful of [[tokusatsu]] films, most notably ''[[The X from Outer Space]]'' and ''[[Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit]]'', both starring [[Guilala]]. Shochiku has also distributed films for both [[Kadokawa]], such as ''[[The Great Yokai War]]'' and ''[[Gamera the Brave]]'', and [[Tsuburaya Productions]].
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==Selected productions==
==Selected productions==
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*''[[The X from Outer Space]]'' (1967)
*''[[The X from Outer Space]]'' (1967)
*''[[Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell|Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell]]'' (1968)
*''[[Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell|Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell]]'' (1968)
*''The Living Skeleton'' (1968)
*''[[wikipedia:The Living Skeleton|The Living Skeleton]]'' (1968)
*''[[Genocide]]'' (1968)
*''[[Genocide]]'' (1968)
===1990s===
===1990s===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars|Ultra Q the Movie]]'' (1990) [with Sega, Tohokushinsha and Tsuburaya Entertainment]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars|Ultra Q the Movie]]'' (1990) [with Sega, Tohokushinsha and Tsuburaya Entertainment]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light|Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna]]'' (1998) [with the {{tt|Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai Visual, TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting, Kodansha, and Yomiko Advertising}}]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light|Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna]]'' (1998) [with the {{tt|Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai Visual, TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting, Kodansha, and Yomiko Advertising}}]
*''Ultra Meow 2'' (1998) [with [[Tsuburaya Productions]] and Bandai Visual]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, & Ultraman Gaia: The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace|Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace]]'' (1999) [with the {{tt|Ultraman Gaia Film Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai Visual, TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting, Kodansha, and Yomiko Advertising}}]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, & Ultraman Gaia: The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace|Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace]]'' (1999) [with the {{tt|Ultraman Gaia Film Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai Visual, TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting, Kodansha, and Yomiko Advertising}}]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman M78 Theater Love & Peace|Ultraman: M78 Theater]]'' (1999) [with the {{tt|Ultraman M78 Theater Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai Visual, TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting, Kodansha, and Yomiko Advertising}}]
===2000s===
===2000s===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact|Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact]]'' (2001) [with the {{tt|Ultraman Cosmos Film Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai, Bandai Visual, TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting, Kodansha, Shogakukan, and East Japan Marketing & Communications}}]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact|Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact]]'' (2001) [with the {{tt|Ultraman Cosmos Film Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai, Bandai Visual, TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting, Kodansha, Shogakukan, and East Japan Marketing & Communications}}]
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===2020s===
===2020s===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax|Ultraman Taiga the Movie: New Generation Climax]]'' (2020) [with the {{tt|''Ultraman Taiga the Movie'' Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai, Bandai Namco Arts, TV Tokyo, dentsu, and Bandai Spirits}}]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax|Ultraman Taiga the Movie: New Generation Climax]]'' (2020) [with the {{tt|''Ultraman Taiga the Movie'' Production Committee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai, Bandai Namco Arts, TV Tokyo, dentsu, and Bandai Spirits}}]
*''[[Kaiju Cleanup]]'' (2022) [pre-production; with Toei]
===Cancelled films===
===Cancelled films===
*''The Birth of Monster Nesugon'' (1976)<ref name="Cyberkids">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberkids1954.com/shochiku_script.html|title=1966-2008 番外篇『松竹特撮の世界』|work=cyberkids1954.com|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160912164739/http://www.cyberkids1954.com/shochiku_script.html|archivedate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
*''The Birth of Monster Nesugon'' (1976)<ref name="Cyberkids">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberkids1954.com/shochiku_script.html|title=1966-2008 番外篇『松竹特撮の世界』|work=cyberkids1954.com|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160912164739/http://www.cyberkids1954.com/shochiku_script.html|archivedate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
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==Selected distributions==
==Selected distributions==
{{Notice|Note: all films produced by Shochiku in the previous section were also distributed by the company.}}
{{Notice|Note: all films produced by Shochiku in the previous section were also distributed by the company.}}
===1970s-80s===
===1970s===
*''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977) [produced by Shaw Brothers; distributor in Japan]
*''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977) [produced by Shaw Brothers; distributor in Japan]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (1979 film)|Director Akio Jissoji's Ultraman]]'' (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]<ref name="FujiEiga" group="lower-alpha">Distributed by Fuji Eiga (later Shochiku Fuji), a former subsidiary of Shochiku Co., Ltd.</ref>
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army|Six Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army]]'' (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chaiyo Productions]<ref name="FujiEiga" group="lower-alpha"/>
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:The Leo Brothers vs. the Monster Brothers|Ultraman Leo: The Leo Brothers vs. the Monster Brothers]]'' (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]<ref name="FujiEiga" group="lower-alpha"/>
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle|Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle]]'' (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]<ref name="FujiEiga" group="lower-alpha"/>
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:The Wandering Monster of Sorrow|Ultraman Leo: The Wandering Monster of Sorrow]]'' (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]<ref name="FujiEiga" group="lower-alpha"/>
===1980s===
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980) [produced by [[Toho]]; select distributor in the [[United States]]]<ref name="TSS">{{cite book|title=[[The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography]]|author=Gailbraith IV, Stuart|date=2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=324|isbn=978-0-8108-6004-9}}</ref>
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980) [produced by [[Toho]]; select distributor in the [[United States]]]<ref name="TSS">{{cite book|title=[[The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography]]|author=Gailbraith IV, Stuart|date=2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=324|isbn=978-0-8108-6004-9}}</ref>
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Story|Ultraman Story]]'' (1984) [produced by [[Tsuburaya Productions]]]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman ZOFFY: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army|Ultraman Zoffy]]'' (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]<ref name="ShochikuFuji" group="lower-alpha">Distributed by Shochiku Fuji, a former subsidiary of Shochiku Co., Ltd.</ref>
*''[[King Kong Lives]]'' (1986) [produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment; distributor in Japan]<ref group="lower-alpha">Distributed by Shochiku Fuji, a subsidiary of Shochiku.</ref>
*''Ultraman Kids: The Movie'' (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]<ref name="ShochikuFuji" group="lower-alpha"/>
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Story|Ultraman Story]]'' (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
*''Anime Chan'' (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
*''[[King Kong Lives]]'' (1986) [produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment; distributor in Japan]<ref name="ShochikuFuji" group="lower-alpha"/>
===1990s===
===1990s===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Towards the Future#Home Media|Ultraman: The Alien Invasion]]'' (1990) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Towards the Future#Home Media|Ultraman: The Alien Invasion]]'' (1990) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
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*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Zearth (film)|Ultraman Zearth]]'' (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Zearth (film)|Ultraman Zearth]]'' (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Revive! Ultraman|Ultraman Forever]]'' (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Revive! Ultraman|Ultraman Forever]]'' (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow|Ultraman Zearth 2]]'' (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow|Ultraman Zearth 2]]'' (1997) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu]
*''[[Giant Monsters Appear in Tokyo]]'' (1998) [produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo, Marubeni, and Tokyu Agency]
*''Ultra Meow'' (1997) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu]
*''Giant Monsters Appear in Tokyo'' (1998) [produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo, Marubeni, and Tokyu Agency]
===2000s===
===2000s===
*''[[The Great Yokai War]]'' (2005) [produced by [[Kadokawa]]]
*''[[The Great Yokai War]]'' (2005) [produced by [[Kadokawa]]]
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===2010s===
===2010s===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga Theater Special|Ultraman Ginga Special]]'' (2013) [produced by the {{tt|''Ultraman Ginga'' Production Commitee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual}}]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga Theater Special|Ultraman Ginga Special]]'' (2013) [produced by the {{tt|''Ultraman Ginga'' Production Commitee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual}}]
*''Giant Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier - Dino-Tank Hunting'' (2013) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale!|Ultraman Ginga Special: Ultra Monsters vs. Ultra Heroes]]'' (2014) [produced by the ''Ultraman Ginga'' Production Commitee]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale!|Ultraman Ginga Special: Ultra Monsters vs. Ultra Heroes]]'' (2014) [produced by the ''Ultraman Ginga'' Production Commitee]
*''Giant Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier - Verokron Hunting'' (2014) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!|Ultraman Ginga S the Movie]]'' (2015) [produced by the {{tt|''Ultraman Ginga S the Movie'' Production Commitee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual}}]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!|Ultraman Ginga S the Movie]]'' (2015) [produced by the {{tt|''Ultraman Ginga S the Movie'' Production Commitee|Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual}}]
===2020s===
*''[[What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?]]'' (2022) [with [[Toei]]]
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Nikkatsu Corporation|Nikkatsu]]
*[[Nikkatsu]]
*[[Toei]]
*[[Toei]]
*[[Toho]]
*[[Toho]]

Latest revision as of 02:53, 4 August 2023

The Shochiku Co., Ltd. logo

Shochiku Company, Limited (松竹株式会社,   Shōchiku Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese film production company and distributor. It is headquartered in Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo. Among many others, Shochiku has produced a handful of tokusatsu films, most notably The X from Outer Space and Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, both starring Guilala. Shochiku has also distributed films for both Kadokawa, such as The Great Yokai War and Gamera the Brave, and Tsuburaya Productions.

Selected productions

1930s

1960s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Cancelled films

  • The Birth of Monster Nesugon (1976)[1]
  • Gilalla (1995)[1]
  • Japan Sinks 1999 (1998)[1][2]

Selected distributions

Note: all films produced by Shochiku in the previous section were also distributed by the company.

1970s

1980s

1990s

  • Ultraman: The Alien Invasion (1990) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
  • Ultraman: The Battle for Earth (1990) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
  • Ultraman Zearth (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
  • Ultraman Forever (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
  • Ultraman Zearth 2 (1997) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu]
  • Ultra Meow (1997) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu]
  • Giant Monsters Appear in Tokyo (1998) [produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo, Marubeni, and Tokyu Agency]

2000s

2010s

  • Ultraman Ginga Special (2013) [produced by the Ultraman Ginga Production Commitee]
  • Giant Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier - Dino-Tank Hunting (2013) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual]
  • Ultraman Ginga Special: Ultra Monsters vs. Ultra Heroes (2014) [produced by the Ultraman Ginga Production Commitee]
  • Giant Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier - Verokron Hunting (2014) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual]
  • Ultraman Ginga S the Movie (2015) [produced by the Ultraman Ginga S the Movie Production Commitee]

2020s

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Produced by Shochiku Kinema, a predecessor of Shochiku Co., Ltd.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Distributed by Fuji Eiga (later Shochiku Fuji), a former subsidiary of Shochiku Co., Ltd.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Distributed by Shochiku Fuji, a former subsidiary of Shochiku Co., Ltd.

References

This is a list of references for Shochiku. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "1966-2008 番外篇『松竹特撮の世界』". cyberkids1954.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "日本沈没". ja.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Gailbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-8108-6004-9.

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