Daiei Film

Daiei Co., Ltd. Type Film company Status Defunct (absorbed) Led by Yasuyoshi Tokuma Founded September 1974 Defunct January 2003 Also known as Daiei Film Co., Ltd. (1974-1980s) Parent company Tokuma Shoten Subsidiary companies Daiei Film Distribution Daiei TV-Film Daiei International Films Divisions Daiei Film Studio Daiei Film Kyoto Studio Daiei Video Preceded by Daiei Succeeded by Kadokawa Daiei Pictures

This page is for the company established in 1974. For the original company bearing the Daiei name, see Daiei.

Daiei Film Co., Ltd. (大映映画株式会社,   Daiei Eiga Kabushiki Gaisha), later renamed to Daiei Co., Ltd. (大映株式会社,   Daiei Kabushiki Gaisha) and occasionally referred to as the New Daiei (新大映,   Shin Daiei) in order to distinguish it from its predecessor, was a Japanese film production and distribution company. Daiei Film was founded in September of 1974 as a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten, the recipient of Daiei's assets after it declared bankruptcy in 1971. In 1977, the company's production and distribution departments were divided into:

• Daiei Film Studio (大映映画撮影所,   Daiei Eiga Satsueijo), the successor to Daiei's Tokyo Studio
• Daiei Film Kyoto Studio (大映映画京都撮影所,   Daiei Eiga Kyōto Satsueijo), the successor to Daiei's Kyoto Studio
• Daiei Film Distribution Co., Ltd. (大映配給株式会社,   Daiei Haikyū Kabushiki Gaisha), a film financing and distribution company
• Daiei Video (大映株式会社映像事業部,   Daiei Kabushiki Gaisha Eizō Jigyōbu), the home video department

The new Daiei produced a total of four Gamera movies: Super Monster through Daiei Film Distribution in 1980, Guardian of the Universe in 1995, Attack of Legion in 1996, and Revenge of Iris in 1999. It also tapped Toho Eizo's Teruyoshi Nakano to direct special effects for the science-fiction movie Tokyo Blackout in 1987. Following the death of Tokuma Shoten/Daiei president Yasuyoshi Tokuma in 2000, Daiei was acquired by Kadokawa Shoten and folded into its video subsidiary to become Kadokawa Daiei Pictures in 2002.

Selected productions

Financier and production company

• Gamera Super Monster (1980) [Daiei Film Distribution]
• Daiei SFX Graffiti 1: Daimajin Special (1984)
• Daiei SFX Graffiti 2: Gamera Special Part 1 (1984)
• Daiei SFX Graffiti 3: Gamera Special Part 2 (1984)
• Daiei SFX Graffiti 4: Yokai Special (1984)
• Tokyo Blackout (1987) [financed with Kansai TV and Tokuma Shoten]
• Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) [financed with Nippon TV and Hakuhodo]
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) [financed with Nippon TV, Hakuhodo, Fujitsu, and Nippon Shuppan Hanbai]
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [financed with Tokuma Shoten, Nippon TV, Hakuhodo, and Nippon Shuppan Hanbai]

Distributor only

Daiei International Films

• Daimajin Festival (1984) [select screenings]
  • July 7 - Daimajin (1966) and Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
  • July 14 - Daimajin (1966) and Return of Daimajin (1966)
• Special Effects Movie Special: Gamera vs. Great Monster Gathering (1984) [select screenings]
  • July 14 - Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) and Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)
  • July 14 - Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
  • July 21 - Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
  • July 28 - Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
  • August 4 - Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
  • August 11 - Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
  • August 18 - Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
• Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) [The X from Outer Space video release commemorative screening, 8/4/1984]

Daiei Film/Daiei

• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) [select screenings in 1984, and 1990 reissue]

Unmade films

• Daimajin (1982, Ishiro Honda)
• Armageddon: Gamera vs. Phoenix (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Gamera (1990s-2000)

See also

• Daiei
• Kadokawa

References

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Bibliography

• Shimizu, Takashi; Makuta, Keita; Motoyama, Sho (20 July 2010). Daiei Tokusatsu Movie Chronicle. Kadokawa Shoten. ISBN 978-4-04-854511-2.
• Haraguchi, Masahiro (June 1996). Archives of Studio Ghibli vol. 1. Tokuma Shoten. ISBN 9784198605254.

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