Shochiku

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Shochiku Company, Limited (松竹株式会社,   Shōchiku Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese film production company and distributor. It is headquartered in Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo. Among many others, Shochiku has produced a handful of tokusatsu films, most notably The X from Outer Space and Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, both starring Guilala. Shochiku has also distributed films for both Kadokawa, such as The Great Yokai War and Gamera the Brave, and Tsuburaya Productions.

Selected productions

1930s

• Japanese King Kong (1933) [short]

1960s

• The X from Outer Space (1967)
• Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
• The Living Skeleton (1968)
• Genocide (1968)

1990s

• Ultra Q the Movie (1990) [with Sega, Tohokushinsha and Tsuburaya Entertainment]
• Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna (1998) [with the Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna Production Committee]
• Ultra Meow 2 (1998) [with Tsuburaya Productions and Bandai Visual]
• Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace (1999) [with the Ultraman Gaia Film Production Committee]
• Ultraman: M78 Theater (1999) [with the Ultraman M78 Theater Production Committee]

2000s

• Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001) [with the Ultraman Cosmos Film Production Committee]
• Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (2002) [with the Ultraman Cosmos 2 Film Production Committee]
• New Century Ultraman Legend (2002) [with the Ultraman Legend Project]
• Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003) [with the Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice Film Production Commitee]
• New Century Ultraman Legend 2: The King's Jubilee (2003) [with the 2003 Ultraman Legend Project]
• Ultraman: The Next (2004) [with the ULTRAMAN Production Commitee]
• Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers (2006) [with the Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers Production Commitee]
• Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) [with the Guilala 2008 Production Commitee]
• Superior 8 Ultraman Brothers (2008) [with the Superior 8 Ultraman Brothers Production Committee]

2010s

• Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010) [with the Ultraman Zero THE MOVIE Production Commitee]
• Ultraman Saga (2012) [with the Ultraman Saga Production Committee]
• Ultraman X the Movie (2016) [with the Ultraman X the Movie Production Committee]
• Ultraman Orb the Movie (2017) [with the Ultraman Orb the Movie Production Committee]
• Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect the Wishes! (2018) [with the Ultraman Geed the Movie Production Committee]
• Ultraman R/B the Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond (2019) [with the Ultraman R/B the Movie Production Committee]

2020s

• Ultraman Taiga the Movie: New Generation Climax (2020) [with the Ultraman Taiga the Movie Production Committee]

Cancelled films

• The Birth of Monster Nesugon (1976)
• Gilalla (1995)
• Japan Sinks 1999 (1998)

Selected distributions

Note: all films produced by Shochiku in the previous section were also distributed by the company.

1970s

• The Mighty Peking Man (1977) [produced by Shaw Brothers; distributor in Japan]
• Director Akio Jissoji's Ultraman (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Six Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chaiyo Productions]
• Ultraman Leo: The Leo Brothers vs. the Monster Brothers (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Ultraman Leo: The Wandering Monster of Sorrow (1979) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]

1980s

• Magnitude 7.9 (1980) [produced by Toho; select distributor in the United States]
• Ultraman Zoffy (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Ultraman Kids: The Movie (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Ultraman Story (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Anime Chan (1984) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• King Kong Lives (1986) [produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment; distributor in Japan]

1990s

• Ultraman: The Alien Invasion (1990) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Ultraman: The Battle for Earth (1990) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions]
• Ultraman Zearth (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
• Ultraman Forever (1996) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu; distributed with Sony Entertainment]
• Ultraman Zearth 2 (1997) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu]
• Ultra Meow (1997) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Sony Entertainment and dentsu]
• Giant Monsters Appear in Tokyo (1998) [produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo, Marubeni, and Tokyu Agency]

2000s

• The Great Yokai War (2005) [produced by Kadokawa]
• Gamera the Brave (2006) [produced by Kadokawa]
• Big Man Japan (2007) [produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo]

2010s

• Ultraman Ginga Special (2013) [produced by the Ultraman Ginga Production Commitee]
• Giant Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier - Dino-Tank Hunting (2013) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual]
• Ultraman Ginga Special: Ultra Monsters vs. Ultra Heroes (2014) [produced by the Ultraman Ginga Production Commitee]
• Giant Monster Rush: Ultra Frontier - Verokron Hunting (2014) [produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Bandai and Bandai Visual]
• Ultraman Ginga S the Movie (2015) [produced by the Ultraman Ginga S the Movie Production Commitee]

2020s

• What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) [with Toei]

See also

• Nikkatsu
• Toei
• Toho
• Kadokawa (formerly Daiei)
• Shintoho

References

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