Toho
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Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社 Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha), 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
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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
Presentation/production and distribution
Distribution only
Cancelled films
- Main article: Category:Unmade Films.
Television
| Year(s) | Title | Funded by | Produced by | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | He of the Sun | Toho, TBS | Toho | TBS |
| 1972-1973 | Warrior of Love Rainbowman | NET, Toho | NET | |
| 1973-1974 | Diamond Eye | |||
| 1976-1977 | Flying Saucer War Bankid | Toho, Nippon TV | Nippon TV | |
| 1978-1979 | Godzilla | Hanna-Barbera Productions, Toho, Benedict Pictures | Hanna-Barbera Productions | NBC |
| 1979-1980 | Megaloman | Toho, Fuji TV | Toho, Toho Eizo | Fuji TV |
| 1985-1986 | Forbidden Mariko | Toho, TBS | Toho | TBS |
| 1992-1993 | Adventure! Godzilland | Toho, TV Tokyo | TV Tokyo | |
| 1996 | Guyferd | |||
| 1996-1997 | Godzilla Kingdom | Toho | ||
| 1997-1998 | Godzilla Island | |||
| 1999-2000 | Godzilla TV | |||
| 2000-2001 | Star Bows | TBS, Toho, Layup | Tsuburaya Eizo | BS-i |
| 2003-2004 | The Gransazers | TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho | General Entertainment | TV Tokyo |
| 2004 | The Vampire Gigolo | TV Tokyo, Toho | Office Crescendo | |
| 2004-2005 | The Justirisers | TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising, Toho | General Entertainment | |
| 2005-2006 | Super Fleet Sazer-X | |||
| 2007 | Kawaii! JeNny | Toho, Takara Tomy | Dream Planet Japan | Chiba TV |
| 2008 | The Always Selfish Prince Gama | The Always Selfish Prince Gama Production Committee (Toho et al.) | DLE | TV Tokyo |
| 2019- | Godziban | Toho | Studio Koganemushi | YouTube (Godzilla Channel) |
| 2021 | Godzilla Singular Point | Bones, Orange | Tokyo MX | |
| 2022 | Shin Ultra Fight | Tsuburaya Productions, Toho, khara | Cine Bazar | Tsuburaya Imagination |
| 2024 | Kaiju No. 8 | Toho | Production I.G | Unknown |
| TBA | Hourglass (working title) | Legendary Television, Safehouse Pictures, Toho[5] | Legendary Television | Apple TV+ |
Selected staff
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 Okawara
- 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
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
Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014
Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard
Toho building in Nagoya
The original Toho logo being filmed
See also
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).
Notes
- ↑ 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.
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