Shochiku
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Shochiku Company Limited (松竹株式会社 is a Shōchiku Kabushiki gaisha)Japanese film studio and production company. It is headquartered in Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo. Among many other films, Shochiku has created a number of kaiju films such as The X from Outer Space and Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit. Shochiku also distributed the Kadokawa-produced film Gamera: The Brave.
Selected productions
1930s
- Japanese King Kong (1933)
1960s
- The X from Outer Space (1967)
- Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
- The Living Skeleton (1968)
- Genocide (1968)
1980s
- Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
1990s
2000s
- The Great Yokai War (2005)
- Big Man Japan (2007)
- Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
Selected distributions
1970s
- The Mighty Peking Man (1977) - Japanese distributer
2000s
- Gamera the Brave (2006) - Japanese distributer
See also
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