Shochiku
Shochiku Company, Limited (松竹株式会社 is a Shōchiku Kabushikigaisha)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 its comedic remake Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit. Shochiku has also distributed films for Kadokawa, including The Great Yokai War and Gamera the Brave.
Selected productions
- Japanese King Kong (1933) [short][a]
- The X from Outer Space (1967)
- Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
- The Living Skeleton (1968)
- Genocide (1968)
- Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
Cancelled films
Selected distributions
1970s-80s
- The Mighty Peking Man (1977) [produced by Shaw Brothers; distributor in Japan]
- Magnitude 7.9 (1980) [produced by Toho; select distributor in the United States][3]
- King Kong Lives (1986) [produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment; distributor in Japan][b]
1990s-2000s
- Giant Monsters Appear in Tokyo (1998) [produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo, Marubeni, and Tokyu Agency]
- The Great Yokai War (2005) [produced by Kadokawa]
- Gamera the Brave (2006) [produced by Kadokawa]
- Big Man Japan (2007) [produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo]
See also
Notes
References
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