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==Productions==
==Productions==
===1950s===
===1950s===
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]''
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'' (1954)
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Half Human]]''
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955)
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]''
*''[[The Legend of the White Serpent]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Mysterians]]''
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Legend of the White Serpent]]''
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957)
*''[[The H-Man|H-Man]]
*''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958)
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan the Unbelievable]]''
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Three Treasures]]''
*''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959)
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]''
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959)
===1960s===
===1960s===
*''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]''
*''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Human Vapor]]''
*''[[The Human Vapor]]'' (1960)
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962)
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]''
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962)
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]''
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]'' (1963)
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]''
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963)
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]''
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]''
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965)
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967)
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]''
*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969)
*''[[Latitude Zero]]''
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
===1970s===
===1970s===
*''[[Space Amoeba]]''
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*''[[The Vampire Doll]]'' july 4
*''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' (co-produced with [[Tsuburaya Productions]])
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]''
*''[[Lake of Dracula]]'' (1971) june 16
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]''
*''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' (1972) [co-produced with [[Tsuburaya Productions|Tsuburaya]]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]''
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[The War in Space]]''
*''[[Evil of Dracula]]'' (1974)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974)
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
*''[[House]]'' (1977)
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977)
===1980s===
===1980s===
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]''
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
*''[[Gunhed]]''
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
*''[[Gunhed]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
===1990s===
===1990s===
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
*''[[Mikadoroid]]'' (1991) [co-produced with Tohokushinsha and Tsuburaya]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991) [co-produced with Burning Production]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Gunhed]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]''
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]''
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]'' (1997)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''
*[[Godzilla (1998 film)|''GODZILLA'']] (1998) [licensed to [[TriStar Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'' (1998)
*''[[Rosetta the Masked Angel: Rosetta vs. Freia]]'' (1999)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
===2000s===
===2000s===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003)
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004)
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]''
*''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006)
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' (2008)
===​2010s===
===​2010s===
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]] (licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]])
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']] (2014) [licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and [[Nikkatsu Corporation|Nikkatsu]])
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015)[co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and [[Nikkatsu Corporation|Nikkatsu]]]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and Nikkatsu)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (20150 [co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and Nikkatsu]
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) [co-produced with Cine Bazar]
*''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (co-produced by Polygon Pictures)
*''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017) [co-produced with Polygon Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (co-produced by Polygon Pictures)
*''[[Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018) [co-produced with Polygon Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater]]'' (co-produced by Polygon Pictures)
*''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018) [co-produced with Polygon Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
===2020s===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2020) [licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2021)
===Cancelled Films===
===Cancelled Films===
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
===Television===
===Television===
*''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]''
*''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]'' (TV 1967)
*''[[Go! Godman]]''
*''[[Go! Godman]]'' (TV 1972-1973)
*''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]''
*''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' (TV 1972-1973)
*''[[Assault! Human!!]]'' (co-created with [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television]])
*''[[Assault! Human!!]]'' (TV 1972) [co-created with [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television]]]
*''[[Zone Fighter (Series)|Zone Fighter]]''
*''[[Zone Fighter (Series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973)
*''[[Kure Kure Takora (Series)|Kure Kure Takora]]''
*''[[Kure Kure Takora (Series)|Kure Kure Takora]]'' (TV 1973-1974)
*''[[Warrior of Light Diamond Eye]]'' (co-created with NET)
*''[[Warrior of Light Diamond Eye]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [co-created with NET]
*''[[Go! Greenman]]'' (co-created with Nippon Television)
*''[[Go! Greenman]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [co-created with Nippon Television]
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (co-created with TBS TV)
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975)(co-created with TBS TV)
*''[[Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka]]''
*''[[Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka]]'' (TV 1974-1975)
*''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (co-created with Nippon Television)
*''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (TV 1976-1977) [co-created with Nippon Television]
*''[[Seishi Yokomizo Series]]'' (co-created with [[Kadokawa|Daiei]] and Mifune Productions)
*''[[Seishi Yokomizo Series]]'' (TV 1977-1978) [co-created with [[Kadokawa|Daiei]] and Mifune Productions]
*[[Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera series)|Hanna-Barbera's ''Godzilla'']] (co-created with Hanna-Barbera)
*[[Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera series)|Hanna-Barbera's ''Godzilla'']] (TV 1978-1979) (co-created with Hanna-Barbera)
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]''
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979)
*''Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1''
*''Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1'' (TV 1980)
*''The Forbidden Mariko''
*''The Forbidden Mariko'' (TV 1985-1986)
*''[[Computer Police Cybercops]]''
*''[[Computer Police Cybercops]]'' (TV 1988-1989)
*''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]
*''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' (TV 1992-1993)
*''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (co-created with Capcom)
*''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (TV 1996)[co-created with Capcom]
*''Vampire Gigolo''
*''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]'' (TV 1996-1997)
*''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]''
*''[[Godzilla Island (Series)|Godzilla Island]]''
*''Godzilla TV''
*''Godzilla TV''
*''[[The Gransazers]]''
*''[[Godzilla Island (Series)|Godzilla Island]]'' (TV 1997-1998)
*''[[The Justirisers]]''
*''[[The Gransazers]]'' (TV 2003-2004)
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]''
*''[[The Vampire Gigolo]]'' (TV 2004)
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (co-created with Dream Planet Japan and Takara Tomy)
*''[[The Justirisers]]'' (TV 2004-2005)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1#Miniseries|Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack]]''
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006)
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007) [co-created with Dream Planet Japan and Takara Tomy]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1#Miniseries|Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack]]'' (TV 2015)
In more recent years and for a period, they have produced video games, including a series of games based on Godzilla.
In more recent years and for a period, they have produced video games, including a series of games based on Godzilla.
==Staff==
==Staff==
===Former===
===Former===

Revision as of 11:46, 1 August 2019

The current Toho logo

Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社,   Tōhō Kabushiki-Kaisha, lit. Toho Co., Ltd.) is a large Japanese film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. In the West, it is best known as the producer of many kaiju and tokusatsu movies, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, as well as the Pokémon movies.

The company's most famous creation, Godzilla, was created by Tomoyuki Tanaka.

History

Toho was founded by the Hankyu Railway in 1932 as the Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company. It managed much of the kabuki in Tokyo and, among other properties, the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater and the Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo; Toho and Shochiku enjoyed a duopoly over theaters in Tokyo for many years.

After several successful film exports to the United States during the 1950s, Toho opened the La Brea Theatre in Los Angeles to show its own films without selling to a distributor. It was known as the Toho Theatre from the late 1960s until the 1970s.[1] Toho also had a theater in San Francisco and opened a theater in New York in 1963.[2]

An offshoot of Toho, called Shintoho, was established in 1947 due to labor turmoil at Toho. The company went on to produce a slew of films during its short lifespan and declared bankruptcy in 1961.[3]

The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars

They have contributed to the production of some American films, including Sam Raimi's A Simple Plan.

Productions

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

​2010s

2020s

Cancelled Films

Main article: Category:Unmade Films.

Television

In more recent years and for a period, they have produced video games, including a series of games based on Godzilla.

Staff

Former

Producers

Directors

  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Ishiro Honda
  • Jun Fukuda
  • Kinji Fukasaku
  • Masaaki Tezuka
  • Nobuhiko Obayasaki
  • Shinji Higuchi
  • Shusuke Kaneko
  • Takao Okawra
  • Toshiro Mifune

Writers

  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Ikuma Dam
  • Ishiro Honda
  • Jun Fukuda
  • Kinji Fukasaku
  • Masaaki Tezuka
  • Nobuhiko Obayashi
  • Seishi Yokomizo
  • Shogo Tomiyama
  • Shusuke Kaneko
  • Takao Okawara
  • Tomoyuki Tanaka
  • Wataru Mimura

Composers

  • Akira Ifukube
  • Fumio Hayasaka
  • Ikuma Dan
  • Isao Tomita
  • Joe Hisaishi
  • Kiyoko Ogino
  • Kow Otani
  • Kunio Miyauchi
  • Masamichi Amano
  • Masaru Sato
  • Michiru Oshima
  • Reijiro Koroku
  • Riichiro Manabe 
  • Shiro Sagisu 
  • Takayuki Hattori
  • Toru Takemitsu
  • Toshiyuki Watanabe
  • Yasuharu Takanashi

Special Effects Crew

Musical Artists

  • Asami Abe
  • Masatoh Eve
  • U-Ya Asaoka

Editors

  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cinematographers

Gallery

References

This is a list of references for Toho. 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]

External Links

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