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[[File:TohoScope logo.jpg|thumb|200px|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''.
[[File:TohoScope logo.jpg|thumb|200px|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==
==Selected productions==
===1950s===
===1950s===
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
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*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969)
*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969)
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
*''Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure'' (1969)
===1970s===
===1970s===
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)
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*''Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Tornado Monster'' (1971) [compilation film, distributor only]
*''Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Tornado Monster'' (1971) [compilation film, distributor only]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''Mirror Man'' (1972) [compilation film, distributor only]
*''Mirrorman'' (1972) [compilation film, distributor only]
*''Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster'' (1972) [compilation film, distributor only]
*''Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster'' (1972) [compilation film, distributor only]
*''Mirror Man: Dinosaur Aroza Reanimated'' (1972) [compilation film, distributor only]
*''Mirror Man: Dinosaur Aroza Reanimated'' (1972) [compilation film, distributor only]
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*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''Horror of the Wolf'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Evil of Dracula]]'' (1974)
*''[[Evil of Dracula]]'' (1974)
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*''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' (1977) - [produced by [[Tsuburaya Productions]] and [[Rankin/Bass Productions]], distributed by Toho]
*''[[The Last Dinosaur]]'' (1977) - [produced by [[Tsuburaya Productions]] and [[Rankin/Bass Productions]], distributed by Toho]
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977)
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977)
*''Blue Christmas'' (1978)
*''The Blue Stigma'' (1978)
 
===1980s===
===1980s===
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980)
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980)
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*''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater|GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018) [animated by Polygon Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater|GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018) [animated by Polygon Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
===2020s===
===2020s===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2020) [licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2020) [licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]]]
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2021) [co-produced with Tsuburaya, Khara, and Cine Bazar]
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2021) [co-produced with Tsuburaya, Khara, and Cine Bazar]
===Cancelled Films===
===Cancelled films===
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
===Television===
===Television===
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*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1#Miniseries|Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack]]'' (TV 2015)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1#Miniseries|Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack]]'' (TV 2015)
*''[[Godziban]]'' (TV 2019) [web series; co-produced by AlphaBoat and Studio Koganemushi]
*''[[Godziban]]'' (TV 2019) [web series; co-produced by AlphaBoat and Studio Koganemushi]
==Selected staff==
==Selected staff==
====Producers====
====Producers====
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====Cinematographers====
====Cinematographers====
*[[Eiji Tsuburaya]]
*[[Eiji Tsuburaya]]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">

Revision as of 02:04, 6 May 2020

The current Toho logo

Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社,   Tōhō Kabushikikaisha), officially stylized TOHO, 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 co-created by producer 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.

Selected productions

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

​2010s

2020s

Cancelled films

Main article: Category:Unmade Films.

Television

Selected staff

Producers

Directors

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

Special effects crew

Musical artists

  • Asami Abe
  • Masatoh Eve
  • U-Ya Asaoka

Editors

  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cinematographers

Gallery

  • Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo

    Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo

  • Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014

    Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014

  • Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard

    Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard

  • Toho building in Nagoya

    Toho building in Nagoya

  • The Original Toho logo being filmed

    The Original Toho logo being filmed

External links

References

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