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|type            =Film/theater company
|type            =Film/theater company
|status          =Active
|status          =Active
|leader          =Yoshishige Shimatani
|leader          ={{bl|[[Yoshishige Shimatani]] (chairman)|[[Hiro Matsuoka]] (president)}}
|founder        =Ichizo Kobayashi
|founder        =Ichizo Kobayashi
|founded        =August 12, [[1932]]<ref group="note">While Toho is officially said to have been founded on August 12, [[1932]], this is in fact the date on which its predecessor company Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company was founded. Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. was founded on August 26, [[1937]] through the merging of Tokyo-Takarazuka, Photo Chemical Laboratory, JO Studio, and Toho Film Distribution. Its name was changed to Toho Co., Ltd. on December 10, [[1943]].</ref>
|founded        =August 12, [[1932]]<ref group="note">While Toho is officially said to have been founded on August 12, [[1932]], this is in fact the date on which its predecessor company [[wikipedia:Takarazuka Revue|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company]] was founded. Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. was founded on August 26, [[1937]] through the merging of Tokyo-Takarazuka, Photo Chemical Laboratory, JO Studio, and Toho Film Distribution. Its name was changed to Toho Co., Ltd. on December 10, [[1943]].</ref>
|hq              =1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda<br>[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] 100-8415
|hq              =1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda<br>[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] 100-8415
|aka            =Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
|aka            =Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
|subsidiary      ={{bl|[[TOHO Studios|TOHO Studios Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho Planning|Toho Planning Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho-Towa|Toho-Towa Co., Ltd.]]|[[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]]|etc.}}
|subsidiary      ={{bl|[[TOHO Studios]]|[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]]|[[Toho Planning]]|[[Toho-Towa]]}}
:*[[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]]
*[[Toho International]], etc.
|preceded        ={{bl|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company|Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.|JO Studio|Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.}}
|preceded        ={{bl|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company|Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.|JO Studio|Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.}}
|website        =https://www.toho.co.jp/
}}
}}
'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha}}, officially stylized '''TOHO''', is a major [[Japan]]ese 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|{{tt|tokusatsu|special effects}}]] movies, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, as well as the ''[[Pokémon]]'' movies.
'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha}}, also stylized as '''TOHO''', is a major [[Japan]]ese film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, [[Tokyo]], and is one of the core companies of [[wikipedia:Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group|the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group]]. In the West, it is best known as the producer of many [[kaiju]] and [[tokusatsu|{{tt|tokusatsu|special effects}}]] 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]].
The company's most famous creation, [[Godzilla]], was co-created by producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]].
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==History==
==History==
[[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]]'']]
[[File:Toho_logo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The current Toho logo]]
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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 [[:Category:Shochiku|Shochiku]] enjoyed a duopoly over theaters in Tokyo for many years.
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 [[:Category:Shochiku|Shochiku]] enjoyed a duopoly over theaters in Tokyo for many years.
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
===Films===
===Films===
====Presentation/production and distribution====
====Production company====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{See also|TOHO Studios|Toho Eizo Bijutsu}}
! Year !! Title !! Funded by !! Produced by !! Distributed by
{{col-begin}}
|-
{{col-3}}
| 1940s || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Ramayana]]'' ||colspan="2"| Toho || Film Distribution Corp.
*''[[Ramayana]]'' (1940s)
|-
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
|rowspan="2"| [[1954]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' ||colspan="3" rowspan="21"| Toho
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'' (1954)
|-
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]''
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955)
|-
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)
|rowspan="2"| [[1955]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957)
|-
*''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Half Human]]''
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)
|-
*''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959)
| [[1956]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]''
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959)
|-
*''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (1960)
| [[1957]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Mysterians]]''
*''[[The Human Vapor]]'' (1960)
|-
{{col-3}}
|rowspan="2"| [[1958]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The H-Man]]''
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)
|-
*''[[The Last War]]'' (1961)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]''
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962)
|-
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962)
|rowspan="2"| [[1959]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Three Treasures]]''
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963)
|-
*''[[Atragon]]'' (1963)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Battle in Outer Space]]''
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
|-
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
|rowspan="2"| [[1960]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]''
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)
|-
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)<ref group="note" name="Benedict">Co-financed by [[Benedict Pictures Corporation]].</ref>
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Human Vapor]]''
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
|-
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
|rowspan="2"| [[1961]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
|-
{{col-3}}
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Last War]]''
*''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' (1967) [with Takarazuka Eiga]
|-
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967)
|rowspan="2"| [[1962]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]''
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
|-
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969)
|-
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
|rowspan="2"| [[1963]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]''
*''[[Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure]]'' (1969)
|-
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Atragon]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
|-
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
|rowspan="3"| [[1964]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' (1972) [with [[Tsuburaya Productions]]]
|-
*''[[The Professional Killers|Rainbowman: The Professional Killers]]'' (1973) [with [[wikipedia:TV Asahi|NET]]]
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]''
*''[[Mystery of the Baraúna-Type Abduction|Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (1977)
|-
{{col-end}}
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''
====Financier====
|-
{{Col-begin}}
|rowspan="2"| [[1965]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' || rowspan="3"| Toho, [[UPA|Benedict Pictures]] || rowspan="3" colspan="2"| Toho
{{col-3}}
|-
*''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' (2005) [with [[wikipedia:Fuji TV|Fuji TV]], Kansai TV, King Records]
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005) [with Sazer-X Movie Project]
|-
*''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006) [with the ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee]
|rowspan="2"| [[1966]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' (DVD 2008)
|-
*''[[Paco and the Magical Book]]'' (2008) [with the ''Paco and the Magical Book'' Production Committee]
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' || colspan="3"| Toho
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
|-
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
|rowspan="3"| [[1967]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' || colspan="2"| Toho, Takarazuka Eiga || Toho
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016)
|-
{{col-3}}
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' || colspan="3" rowspan="8"| Toho
*''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017)
|-
*''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018)
|-
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [with Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros.]
| [[1968]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*''[[Monster Hunter]]'' (2020) [with Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures]
|-
*''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' (2021) [with the ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee]
|rowspan="3"| [[1969]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Latitude Zero]]''
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022) [with the ''Shin Ultraman'' Film Partners]
|-
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) [with the "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners]
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[All Monsters Attack]]''
{{col-3}}
|-
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex]]'' (2022)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure]]''
*''[[Godziban (film)|Godziban]]'' (2022)
|-
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.GRIDMAN|SSSS.GRIDMAN]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
| [[1970]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Space Amoeba]]''
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.DYNAZENON|SSSS.DYNAZENON]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
|-
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:GRIDMAN UNIVERSE|GRIDMAN UNIVERSE]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
| [[1971]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023)
|-
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon (short film)|Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (2023)
|rowspan="2"| [[1972]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' || Toho || Toho, [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] || rowspan="6"| Toho
{{col-end}}
|-
====Distributor only====
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' || Toho, [[Tsuburaya Productions]] || [[Tsuburaya Productions]]
{{See also|TOHO Visual Entertainment}}
|-
Note that all of the above films were also distributed in Japan by Toho or its [[TOHO Visual Entertainment|Products & Licensing Department]], with the exception of ''[[Ramayana]]''.
| [[1989]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gunhed]]'' || ''Gunhed'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Bandai Namco Filmworks|Sunrise]]
{{col-begin}}
|-
{{col-3}}
| [[2000]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Pyrokinesis]]'' || Toho, TBS || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature|Ultraman]]'' (1967)
|-
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Return of Ultraman (film)|Return of Ultraman]]'' (1971)
| [[2005]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' || Sazer-X Movie Project (Toho et al.) || General Entertainment, Dream Planet Japan
*''Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Tornado Monster'' (1971)
|-
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mirrorman is Born|Mirror Man]]'' (1972)
| [[2006]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' || ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || Sedic International
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Jiro-Kun Rides a Monster|Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster]]'' (1972)
|-
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Aroza Rises from the Dead|Mirror Man: Dinosaur Aroza Reanimated]]'' (1972)
|rowspan="2"| [[2008]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' || Toho || Tokyo Laboratory || Toho Visual Entertainment
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
|-
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Paco and the Magical Book]]'' || ''Paco and the Magical Book'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || Licri || rowspan="4"| Toho
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
|-
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974)
|rowspan="2"| [[2015]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' || rowspan="2"| ''Attack on Titan'' Movie Production Committee (Toho et al.) || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974)
|-
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]''
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977)
|-
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980)
| [[2016]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' || rowspan="4"| Toho || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], Cine Bazar
{{col-3}}
|-
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
| [[2017]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' || rowspan="3"| Polygon Pictures || rowspan="3"| Toho Visual Entertainment
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
|-
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
|rowspan="2"| [[2018]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
|-
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
|-
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
| [[2020]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' || Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures, Toho || Constantin Film, AB{{sup|2}} Pictures || [[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
|-
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
|rowspan="2"| [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' || ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[IMAGICA GROUP|OLM]] || Toho, [[Kadokawa]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
|-
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]'' (1995)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah (short film)|Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' || Toho Visual Entertainment || Cine Bazar || rowspan="5"| Toho
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
|-
*''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'' (1996)
|rowspan="5"| [[2022]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' || ''Shin Ultraman'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || [[TOHO Studios]], Cine Bazar
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
|-
{{col-3}}
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[yokaipedia]]'' || "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners (Toho et al.) || [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997)
|-
*''[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|GODZILLA]]'' (1998) [Japan only]
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex]]'' || Toho || Shirogumi
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998)
|-
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'' (1999)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks]]'' || Toho Visual Entertainment || Episcope
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
|-
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godziban (film)|Godziban]]'' || rowspan="2"| Toho || Studio Koganemushi || Toho Visual Entertainment
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)
|-
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
| [[2023]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Blockbuster Monster Movie]]'' (working title) || [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]] || Toho
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)
|}
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)
 
*''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014) [Japan only]
====Distribution only====
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) [Japan only]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'' (2024) [Japan only]
! Year !! Title !! Funded by !! Produced by !! Notes
{{col-end}}
|-
| [[1967]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature|Ultraman]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Tsuburaya Productions]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1971]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Return of Ultraman (film)|Return of Ultraman]]'' || rowspan="5" colspan="2"| [[Tsuburaya Productions]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Tornado Monster''
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[1972]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mirrorman is Born|Mirror Man]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Jiro-Kun Rides a Monster|Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Aroza Rises from the Dead|Mirror Man: Dinosaur Aroza Reanimated]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1973]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]], [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[1974]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' || colspan="2"| [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]], [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[ESPY]]'' || rowspan="2" colspan="2"| [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
| [[1975]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
|-
| [[1977]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The War in Space]]'' || colspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
| [[1980]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1984]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], Io
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' || rowspan="3"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || rowspan="3"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
| [[1987]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Princess from the Moon]]''
|-
| [[1989]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1991]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' || colspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' || rowspan="5"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || rowspan="5"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
| [[1992]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
|-
| [[1993]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1994]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1995]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], Hakuhodo || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1996]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], Hakuhodo, Fujitsu, Nippan Group Holdings || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || rowspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
| [[1997]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1998]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|GODZILLA]]'' || [[TriStar Pictures]], Fried Films, Independent Pictures || Centropolis Entertainment || style="text-align:left"| Japanese distributor.
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]''  || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] || [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1999]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'' || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]], Tokuma Shoten, [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television Network]], Hakuhodo, Nippan Group Holdings || [[Daiei Film|Daiei]]
|-
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' || rowspan="6" colspan="2"| [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]
|-
| [[2000]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|-
| [[2001]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
|-
| [[2002]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
|-
| [[2003]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]''
|-
| [[2004]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''
|-
| [[2014]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' || rowspan="3"| [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[Legendary Pictures]] || rowspan="3"| [[Legendary Pictures]] || rowspan="3" style="text-align:left"| Japanese distributor.
|-
| [[2019]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''
|-
| [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''
|-
| [[2023]] || style="text-align:left"| ''GRIDMAN UNIVERSE'' || ''GRIDMAN UNIVERSE'' Production Committee || Studio Trigger || style="text-align:left"| Distributed by Toho Visual Entertainment.
|-
| [[2024]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Origins]]'' (working title) || colspan="2"| [[Legendary Pictures]] || style="text-align:left"| Japanese distributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/news/20221213/15/|title=東宝2023年のラインナップ発表　宮崎駿監督の新作、「キングダム3」、山田尚子監督のアニメーションなど|date=13 December 2022|work=Eiga.com}}</ref>
|}
===Cancelled films===
===Cancelled films===
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
===Television===
===Series===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
====Production company====
! Year(s) !! Title !! Funded by !! Produced by !! Network
{{col-begin}}
|-
{{col-2}}
| [[1967]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]'' || Toho, TBS || rowspan="4"| Toho || TBS
*''[[Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [with [[Nippon TV]], Tsuburaya Productions]
|-
*''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]'' (TV 1967) [with TBS]
| [[1972]]-[[1973]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' || rowspan="2"| NET, Toho || rowspan="2"| NET
*''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' (TV 1972-1973) [with NET]
|-
*''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [with NET]
| [[1973]]-[[1974]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]''
*''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (TV 1976-1977) [with Nippon TV]
|-
{{col-2}}
| [[1976]]-[[1977]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' || Toho, [[Nippon TV]] || [[Nippon TV]]
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980) [with Fuji TV]
|-
*''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' (TV 1985-1986) [with TBS]
| [[1978]]-[[1979]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' || [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], Toho, [[UPA|Benedict Pictures]] || [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] || NBC
*''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' (TV 1992-1993) [with [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]]]
|-
*''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (TV 1996) [with TV Tokyo]
| [[1979]]-[[1980]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' || Toho, Fuji TV || Toho, [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] || Fuji TV
*''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]'' (TV 1996-1997)
|-
{{col-end}}
| [[1985]]-[[1986]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' || Toho, TBS || rowspan="3"| Toho || TBS
====Financier only====
|-
{{col-begin}}
| [[1992]]-[[1993]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' || rowspan="2"| Toho, TV Tokyo || rowspan="5"| TV Tokyo
{{col-2}}
|-
*''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' (TV 1978-1979) [with [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], [[Benedict Pictures Corporation|Benedict Pictures]]]
| [[1996]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]''
*''[[Godzilla Island (series)|Godzilla Island]]'' (TV 1997-1998) [with TV Tokyo]
|-
*''[[Star Bows]]'' (TV 2000-2001) [with TBS, Layup]
| [[1996]]-[[1997]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]'' || colspan="2" rowspan="3"| Toho
*''[[The Gransazers]]'' (TV 2003-2004) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising]<!--
|-
*''[[The Vampire Gigolo]]'' (TV 2004) [with TV Tokyo]-->
| [[1997]]-[[1998]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Island (series)|Godzilla Island]]''
*''[[The Justirisers]]'' (TV 2004-2005) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising]
|-
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising]
| [[1999]]-[[2000]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla TV]]''
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007) [with Takara Tomy]
|-
{{col-2}}
| [[2000]]-[[2001]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Star Bows]]'' || TBS, Toho, Layup || Tsuburaya Eizo || BS-i
*''[[The Always Selfish Prince Gama]]'' (TV 2008) [with the ''The Always Selfish Prince Gama'' Production Committee]
|-
*''[[Godziban]]'' (web 2019-2023)
| [[2003]]-[[2004]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Gransazers]]'' || TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho || General Entertainment || rowspan="4"| TV Tokyo
*''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' (TV 2021)
|-
*''[[Shin Ultra Fight]]'' (web 2022) [with Tsuburaya Productions, khara]
| [[2004]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Vampire Gigolo]]'' || TV Tokyo, Toho || Office Crescendo
*''[[Chibi Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (TV 2023)
|-
*''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'' (TV 2023-2024) [with Legendary Television, Safehouse Pictures]<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/apple-tv-godzilla-legendary-monsterverse-1234916545/|title=Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary’s Monsterverse|author=Kroll, Justin|date=20 January 2022|work=Deadline}}</ref><!--
| [[2004]]-[[2005]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Justirisers]]'' || rowspan="2"| TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho || rowspan="2"| General Entertainment
*''[[Kaiju No. 8]]'' (TV 2024)-->
|-
{{col-end}}
| [[2005]]-[[2006]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]''
===Miscellaneous===
|-
*''[[Godzilla TV]]'' (TV 1999-2000) - Supervisor [with [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]]
| [[2007]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' || Toho, Takara Tomy || Dream Planet Japan || Chiba TV
|-
| [[2008]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[The Always Selfish Prince Gama]]'' || ''The Always Selfish Prince Gama'' Production Committee (Toho et al.) || DLE || TV Tokyo
|-
| [[2019]]- || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godziban]]'' || rowspan="2"| Toho || Studio Koganemushi || YouTube (Godzilla Channel)
|-
| [[2021]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' || Bones, Orange || Tokyo MX
|-
| [[2022]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shin Ultra Fight]]'' || [[Tsuburaya Productions]], Toho, khara || Cine Bazar || Tsuburaya Imagination
|-
| [[2024]] || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kaiju No. 8]]'' || Toho || Production I.G || Unknown
|-
| TBA || style="text-align:left"| ''[[Hourglass]]'' (working title) || Legendary Television, Safehouse Pictures, Toho<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/apple-tv-godzilla-legendary-monsterverse-1234916545/|title=Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary’s Monsterverse|author=Kroll, Justin|date=20 January 2022|work=Deadline}}</ref> || Legendary Television || Apple TV+
|}
==Selected staff==
==Selected staff==
====Producers====
====Producers====
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
Desert.jpg|Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo
File:TohoScope logo.jpg|The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's ''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''
Toho_Studios_Godzilla_Mural.jpg|Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014
File:Toho logo.jpg|The current Toho logo
Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard.jpg|Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard
File:Desert.jpg|Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo
Toho Nagoya.jpg|Toho building in [[Nagoya]]
File:Toho Studios Godzilla Mural.jpg|Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014
TohoLogoFilming.JPG|The original Toho logo being filmed  
File:Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard.jpg|Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard
File:Toho Nagoya.jpg|Toho building in [[Nagoya]]
File:TohoLogoFilming.JPG|The original Toho logo being filmed
File:Toho Studios Godzilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Shin Godzilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Minilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Mothra Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios King Ghidorah Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Mechagodzilla Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Kiryu Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios King Caesar Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Jet Jaguar Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Baragon Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Hedorah Room Door.png
File:Toho Studios Ebirah Room Door.png
</gallery>
</gallery>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[TOHO Studios]]
*[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]]
*[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[TOHO Studios]]
*[[Toho International]]
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.toho.co.jp/ Official Toho homepage.]
*[http://www.toho.co.jp/ Official Toho homepage.]
*[https://www.toho.co.jp/library/index.html Toho Official Library.]
*[https://www.toho.co.jp/library/index.html Toho Official Library.]
*[https://www.twitter.com/toho_movie Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).]
*[https://www.twitter.com/toho_movie Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).]
*[https://twitter.com/toho_official Second Twitter page (@toho_official).]
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/TohoEnt Official Toho Entertainment Twitter page]
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/TohoEnt Official Toho Entertainment Twitter page]
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/TOHOanimation Official Toho Animation Twitter page]
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/TOHOanimation Official Toho Animation Twitter page]

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Toho Company, Limited
The Japanese Toho logo

Type Film/theater company
Status Active
Led by
Founder(s) Ichizo Kobayashi
Founded August 12, 1932[note 1]
Head-
quarters 		1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda
Tokyo, Japan 100-8415
Also known as Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
Subsidiary companies
Preceded by
  • Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company
  • Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.
  • JO Studio
  • Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
Website https://www.toho.co.jp/

Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社,   Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha), also stylized as TOHO, is a major 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

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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 studio went on to produce a slew of films during its short lifespan before it declared bankruptcy in 1961.[3]

Toho has contributed to the production of some American films, including Sam Raimi's film A Simple Plan (1998).

Selected filmography

Films

Production company

See also: TOHO Studios, Toho Eizo Bijutsu.

Financier

Distributor only

See also: TOHO Visual Entertainment.

Note that all of the above films were also distributed in Japan by Toho or its Products & Licensing Department, with the exception of Ramayana.

Cancelled films

Main article: Category:Unmade Films.

Series

Production company

Financier only

Miscellaneous

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

Sound department

  • Ichiro Minawa
  • Sadamasa Nishimoto
  • Hideyo Sasaki
  • Yuji Tan
  • Hiromi Ogawa
  • Akihiko Okase
  • Naoko Asari
  • Tatsuhiko Sasaki
  • Yoichi Nishimura
  • Kimiko Asakura
  • Haru Yamada
  • Toru Noguchi
  • Satoshi Motoyama

Gallery

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

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

  • The current Toho logo

    The current Toho logo

  • 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

  • Toho Studios Godzilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Shin Godzilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Minilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Mothra Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios King Ghidorah Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Mechagodzilla Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Kiryu Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios King Caesar Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Jet Jaguar Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Baragon Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Hedorah Room Door.png
  • Toho Studios Ebirah Room Door.png

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ While Toho is officially said to have been founded on August 12, 1932, this is in fact the date on which its predecessor company Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company was founded. Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. was founded on August 26, 1937 through the merging of Tokyo-Takarazuka, Photo Chemical Laboratory, JO Studio, and Toho Film Distribution. Its name was changed to Toho Co., Ltd. on December 10, 1943.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Co-financed by Benedict Pictures Corporation.

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]

  1. ↑ "Toho La Brea Theatre in Los Angeles, CA". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Toho" Far East Film News December 25, 1963.
  3. ↑ "Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Cinema of Shintoho". The Cinematheque. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Kroll, Justin (20 January 2022). "Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary's Monsterverse". Deadline.

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