Toho
Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社 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 Tōhō Kabushiki-Kaisha, lit. Toho Co., Ltd.)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]
They have contributed to the production of some American films, including Sam Raimi's A Simple Plan.
Productions
1950s
- Godzilla (1954)
- Invisible Man (1954)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Half Human (1955)
- The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
- Rodan (1956)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- The H-Man (1958)
- Varan (1958)
- The Three Treasures (1959)
- Battle in Outer Space (1959)
1960s
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
- The Human Vapor (1960)
- Mothra (1961)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Gorath (1962)
- Atragon (1963)
- Matango (1963)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Dogora (1964)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
- King Kong Escapes (1967)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Latitude Zero (1969)
- All Monsters Attack (1969)
1970s
- Space Amoeba (1970) august 1
- The Vampire Doll (1970) july 4
- Lake of Dracula (1971) june 16
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) july 24
- Return of Ultraman (1971) [compilation film, distributor only]
- Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Tornado Monster (1971) [compilation film, distributor only]
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) march 12
- Mirror Man (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]
- Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) [co-produced with Tsuburaya] december 17
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) march 17
- Submersion of Japan (1973) december 29
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) march 21
- Evil of Dracula (1974) july 20
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) august 3
- ESPY (1974) december 28
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
- House (1977)
- The War in Space (1977)
1980s
- Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
- Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Princess from the Moon (1987)
- Gunhed (1989)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
1990s
- Mikadoroid (1991) [co-produced with Tohokushinsha and Tsuburaya]
- Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991) [co-produced with Burning Production]
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
- Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
- Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
- 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
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
- Sinking of Japan (2006)
- Go! Godman (2008)
2010s
- Godzilla (2014) [licensed to Legendary Pictures, distributed in Japan]
- Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015)[co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and Nikkatsu]
- Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (20150 [co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and Nikkatsu]
- Shin Godzilla (2016) [co-produced with Cine Bazar]
- Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) [co-produced with Polygon Pictures]
- Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) [co-produced with 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) [co-produced with Tsuburaya, Khara, and Cine Bazar]
Cancelled Films
- Main article: Category:Unmade Films.
Television
- He of the Sun (TV 1967)
- Go! Godman (TV 1972-1973)
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman (TV 1972-1973)
- Assault! Human!! (TV 1972) [co-created with Nippon Television]
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973)
- Kure Kure Takora (TV 1973-1974)
- Warrior of Light Diamond Eye (TV 1973-1974) [co-created with NET]
- Go! Greenman (TV 1973-1974) [co-created with Nippon Television]
- Submersion of Japan: Television Series (TV 1974-1975)(co-created with TBS TV)
- Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (TV 1974-1975)
- Flying Saucer War Bankid (TV 1976-1977) [co-created with Nippon Television]
- Seishi Yokomizo Series (TV 1977-1978) [co-created with Daiei and Mifune Productions]
- Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla (TV 1978-1979) (co-created with Hanna-Barbera)
- Megaloman (TV 1979)
- Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 (TV 1980)
- The Forbidden Mariko (TV 1985-1986)
- Computer Police Cybercops (TV 1988-1989)
- Adventure! Godzilland (TV 1992-1993)
- Guyferd (TV 1996)[co-created with Capcom]
- Godzilla Kingdom (TV 1996-1997)
- Godzilla TV
- Godzilla Island (TV 1997-1998)
- The Gransazers (TV 2003-2004)
- The Vampire Gigolo (TV 2004)
- The Justirisers (TV 2004-2005)
- Super Fleet Sazer-X (TV 2005-2006)
- Kawaii! JeNny (TV 2007) [co-created with Dream Planet Japan and Takara Tomy]
- 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.
Staff
Former
Producers
- Akira Kurosawa
- Eiji Tsuburaya
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Jun Fukuda
- Shogo Tomiyama
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Yoshinari Shimatani
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
- Eiji Tsuburaya
- Ishiro Honda
- Kenji Suzuki
- Koichi Kawakita
- Masaaki Tezuka
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Shinji Higuchi
- Takao Okawara
- Teruyoshi Nakano
Musical Artists
- Asami Abe
- Masatoh Eve
- U-Ya Asaoka
Editors
- Akira Kurosawa
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
Cinematographers
Gallery
Toho building in Nagoya
References
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External Links
- Official Toho homepage.
- Toho Official Library.
- Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).
- Official Toho Entertainment Twitter page
- Official Toho Animation Twitter page
- Offcial Toho Animation Store Twitter page
- Official YouTube channel.
- Official Toho Animation YouTube channel
- Toho on Tokupedia.
- Toho Kingdom (fan site).
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