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[[File:Toho_logo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The current Toho logo]]'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushikikaisha}}, 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.
{{Infobox Company
|type2          =Black
|name            =Toho Company, Limited
|image          =Toho emblem.png
|caption        =The Japanese Toho logo
|type            =Film/theater company
|status          =Active
|leader          =Yoshishige Shimatani
|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>
|hq              =1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda<br>[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] 100-8415
|aka            =Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
|subsidiary      ={{bl|[[Toho Pictures|Toho Pictures, Inc.]]|[[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.}}
|preceded        ={{bl|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company|Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.|JO Studio|Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.}}
}}
'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushikikaisha}}, 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.


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]].
{{TOC}}
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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: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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===2020s===
===2020s===
*''[[Monster Hunter]]'' (2020) [co-produced with Constantin Film and Tencent Pictures; also distributed in Japan]
*''[[Monster Hunter]]'' (2020) [co-produced with Constantin Film and Tencent Pictures; also distributed in Japan]
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022) [co-produced with [[Tsuburaya Productions]] and Khara]
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022) [co-produced with [[Tsuburaya Productions]] and khara]
*''[[Blockbuster Monster Movie]]'' (TBA) [co-produced with ROBOT]
*''[[Blockbuster Monster Movie]]'' (TBA) [co-produced with [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]]]
 
===Cancelled films===
===Cancelled films===
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}}
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*''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' (TV 2021) [animated by Bones and Orange]
*''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' (TV 2021) [animated by Bones and Orange]
*''[[Monarch (series)|Monarch]]'' (TV TBA) [co-produced with Legendary Television and 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>
*''[[Monarch (series)|Monarch]]'' (TV TBA) [co-produced with Legendary Television and 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>
==Selected distributions==
==Selected distributions==
{{Notice|'''Note''': This section only lists movies not produced by Toho. All movies produced by Toho in the previous section were also distributed by the company.}}
{{Notice|'''Note''': This section only lists movies not produced by Toho. All movies produced by Toho in the previous section were also distributed by the company.}}
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*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) [co-produced by Toho Eizo and Toho Pictures]
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) [co-produced by Toho Eizo and Toho Pictures]
*''The Blue Stigma'' (1978) [produced by Toho Pictures]
*''The Blue Stigma'' (1978) [produced by Toho Pictures]
===1980s===
===1980s===
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980) [produced by Toho Pictures]
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980) [produced by Toho Pictures]
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*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) [produced by Toho Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) [produced by Toho Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003) [produced by Toho Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003) [produced by Toho Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) [produced by Toho Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004) [produced by Toho Pictures]
===2010s===
===2010s===
*''[[wikipedia:Gatchaman (film)|Gatchaman]]'' (2013) [produced by Nippon Television, Nikkatsu and Django Film]
*''[[wikipedia:Gatchaman (film)|Gatchaman]]'' (2013) [produced by Nippon Television, Nikkatsu and Django Film]
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*[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Toho|Toho]] on Tokupedia.
*[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Toho|Toho]] on Tokupedia.
*[http://www.tohokingdom.com Toho Kingdom (fan site).]
*[http://www.tohokingdom.com Toho Kingdom (fan site).]
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

Revision as of 01:09, 7 April 2022

Toho Company, Limited
The Japanese Toho logo

Type Film/theater company
Status Active
Led by Yoshishige Shimatani
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.

Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社,   Tōhō Kabushikikaisha), officially stylized 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

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

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

Selected productions

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

  • Gunhed (1989) [co-produced with the Gunhed Production Committee]

1990s

2000s

​2010s

2020s

Cancelled films

Main article: Category:Unmade Films.

Television

Selected distributions

Note: This section only lists movies not produced by Toho. All movies produced by Toho in the previous section were also distributed by the company.

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2010s

  • Gatchaman (2013) [produced by Nippon Television, Nikkatsu and Django Film]
  • Godzilla (2014) [produced by Legendary Pictures; distributed in Japan]
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) [produced by Legendary Pictures; distributed in Japan]

2020s

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

  • 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

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.

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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