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[[ | {{Infobox Company | ||
|type2 =Black | |||
|name =Toho Company, Limited | |||
|image =Toho emblem.png | |||
|caption =The Japanese Toho logo | |||
|type =Film/theater company | |||
|status =Active | |||
|leader ={{bl|[[Yoshishige Shimatani]] (chairman)|[[Hiro Matsuoka]] (president)}} | |||
|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 [[wikipedia:Takarazuka Revue|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 Studios]]|[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]]|[[Toho Planning]]|[[Toho-Towa]]}} | |||
:*[[Toho-Towa|Towa Pictures]] | |||
*[[Toho International]], etc. | |||
|preceded ={{bl|Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company|Photo Chemical Laboratory Co., Ltd.|JO Studio|Toho Film Distribution Co., Ltd.}} | |||
|website =https://www.toho.co.jp/ | |||
}} | |||
'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha}}, also stylized as '''TOHO''', is a major [[Japan]]ese film studio. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, [[Tokyo]], and is one of the core companies of [[wikipedia:Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group|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' | The company's most famous creation, [[Godzilla]], was co-created by producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]. | ||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==History== | ==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 [[:Category:Shochiku|Shochiku]] enjoyed a duopoly over theaters in Tokyo for many years. | {{Expand}} | ||
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. | |||
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.<ref> | 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2293/|title=Toho La Brea Theatre in Los Angeles, CA|work=Cinema Treasures|accessdate=20 January 2022}}</ref> Toho also had a theater in San Francisco and opened a theater in New York in 1963.<ref>"Toho" ''Far East Film News'' December 25, 1963.</ref> | ||
An offshoot of Toho | 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecinematheque.ca/nudes-guns-ghosts-the-sensational-cinema-of-shintoho|title=Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Cinema of Shintoho|work=The Cinematheque|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806234425/https://thecinematheque.ca/nudes-guns-ghosts-the-sensational-cinema-of-shintoho|archivedate=6 August 2019}}</ref> | ||
[[ | Toho has contributed to the production of some American films, including [[wikipedia:Sam Raimi|Sam Raimi]]'s film ''[[wikipedia:A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]'' (1998). | ||
== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
=== | ===Films=== | ||
====Production company==== | |||
*''[[ | {{See also|TOHO Studios|Toho Eizo Bijutsu}} | ||
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' | {{col-begin}} | ||
*''[[Half Human]]'' | {{col-3}} | ||
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' | *''[[Ramayana]]'' (1940s) | ||
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' | *''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) | ||
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'' (1954) | |||
*''[[The | *''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955) | ||
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan | *''[[Half Human]]'' (1955) | ||
*''[[The Three Treasures]]'' | *''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956) | ||
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' | *''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957) | ||
*''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958) | |||
*''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' | *''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958) | ||
*''[[The Human Vapor]]'' | *''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959) | ||
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' | *''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (1960) | ||
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' | *''[[The Human Vapor]]'' (1960) | ||
*''[[ | {{col-3}} | ||
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' | *''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[The Last War]]'' (1961) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962) | ||
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' | *''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963) | ||
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' | *''[[Atragon]]'' (1963) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964) | ||
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964) | |||
*''[[ | *''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)<ref group="note" name="Benedict">Co-financed by [[Benedict Pictures Corporation]].</ref> | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965){{R|Benedict|group="note"}} | ||
*''[[ | *''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966){{R|Benedict|group="note"}} | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966) | ||
{{col-3}} | |||
*''[[ | *''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' (1967) [with Takarazuka Eiga] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. | *''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure]]'' (1969) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) | |||
=== | *''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' (1972) [with [[Tsuburaya Productions]]] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[The Professional Killers|Rainbowman: The Professional Killers]]'' (1973) [with [[wikipedia:TV Asahi|NET]]] | ||
*''[[Mystery of the Baraúna-Type Abduction|Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (1977) | |||
*''[[ | {{col-end}} | ||
====Financier==== | |||
{{Col-begin}} | |||
*''[[ | {{col-3}} | ||
*''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' (2005) [with [[wikipedia:Fuji TV|Fuji TV]], Kansai TV, King Records] | |||
*''[[ | *''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005) [with Sazer-X Movie Project] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006) [with the ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' (DVD 2008) | ||
*''[[Paco and the Magical Book]]'' (2008) [with the ''Paco and the Magical Book'' Production Committee] | |||
*''[[ | *''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) | ||
*''[[ | {{col-3}} | ||
*''[[ | *''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017) | ||
*''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018) | |||
*''[[Godzilla | *''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018) | ||
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [with Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros.] | |||
*''[[ | *''[[Monster Hunter]]'' (2020) [with Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' (2021) [with the ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022) [with the ''Shin Ultraman'' Film Partners] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) [with the "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners] | ||
{{col-3}} | |||
*[[Godzilla ( | *''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex]]'' (2022) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Godziban (film)|Godziban]]'' (2022) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.GRIDMAN|SSSS.GRIDMAN]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.DYNAZENON|SSSS.DYNAZENON]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee] | ||
*''[[Godzilla | *''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:GRIDMAN UNIVERSE|GRIDMAN UNIVERSE]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee] | ||
*''[[Godzilla | *''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon (short film)|Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (2023) | |||
{{col-end}} | |||
===Cancelled | ====Distributor only==== | ||
{{See also|TOHO Visual Entertainment}} | |||
Note that all of the above films were also distributed in Japan by Toho or its [[TOHO Visual Entertainment|Products & Licensing Department]], with the exception of ''[[Ramayana]]''. | |||
{{col-begin}} | |||
{{col-3}} | |||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature|Ultraman]]'' (1967) | |||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Return of Ultraman (film)|Return of Ultraman]]'' (1971) | |||
*''Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Tornado Monster'' (1971) | |||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mirrorman is Born|Mirror Man]]'' (1972) | |||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Jiro-Kun Rides a Monster|Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster]]'' (1972) | |||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Aroza Rises from the Dead|Mirror Man: Dinosaur Aroza Reanimated]]'' (1972) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) | |||
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) | |||
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) | |||
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974) | |||
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) | |||
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) | |||
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980) | |||
{{col-3}} | |||
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984) | |||
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) | |||
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989) | |||
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) | |||
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) | |||
*''[[Gamera the Guardian of the Universe]]'' (1995) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) | |||
*''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'' (1996) | |||
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996) | |||
{{col-3}} | |||
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997) | |||
*''[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|GODZILLA]]'' (1998) [Japan only] | |||
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998) | |||
*''[[Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris]]'' (1999) | |||
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) | |||
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) | |||
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) | |||
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003) | |||
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004) | |||
*''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014) [Japan only] | |||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021) [Japan only] | |||
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'' (2024) [Japan only] | |||
{{col-end}} | |||
===Cancelled films=== | |||
{{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}} | {{Main|:Category:Unmade Films}} | ||
=== | ===Series=== | ||
*''[[ | ====Production company==== | ||
*''[[ | {{col-begin}} | ||
*''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' | {{col-2}} | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [with [[Nippon TV]], Tsuburaya Productions] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]'' (TV 1967) [with TBS] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' (TV 1972-1973) [with NET] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [with NET] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (TV 1976-1977) [with Nippon TV] | ||
*''[[ | {{col-2}} | ||
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980) [with Fuji TV] | |||
*''[[ | *''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' (TV 1985-1986) [with TBS] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' (TV 1992-1993) [with [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]]] | ||
*[[Godzilla ( | *''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (TV 1996) [with TV Tokyo] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]'' (TV 1996-1997) | ||
*'' | {{col-end}} | ||
*''The | ====Financier only==== | ||
*''[[ | {{col-begin}} | ||
*''[[ | {{col-2}} | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' (TV 1978-1979) [with [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], [[Benedict Pictures Corporation|Benedict Pictures]]] | ||
*''[[Godzilla Island (series)|Godzilla Island]]'' (TV 1997-1998) [with TV Tokyo] | |||
*''[[ | *''[[Star Bows]]'' (TV 2000-2001) [with TBS, Layup] | ||
*''[[Godzilla | *''[[The Gransazers]]'' (TV 2003-2004) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising]<!-- | ||
*'' | *''[[The Vampire Gigolo]]'' (TV 2004) [with TV Tokyo]--> | ||
*''[[ | *''[[The Justirisers]]'' (TV 2004-2005) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007) [with Takara Tomy] | ||
*''[[ | {{col-2}} | ||
*''[[The Always Selfish Prince Gama]]'' (TV 2008) [with the ''The Always Selfish Prince Gama'' Production Committee] | |||
*''[[Godziban]]'' (web 2019-2023) | |||
== | *''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' (TV 2021) | ||
*''[[Shin Ultra Fight]]'' (web 2022) [with Tsuburaya Productions, khara] | |||
*''[[Chibi Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (TV 2023) | |||
*''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]'' (TV 2023-2024) [with Legendary Television, 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><!-- | |||
*''[[Kaiju No. 8]]'' (TV 2024)--> | |||
{{col-end}} | |||
===Miscellaneous=== | |||
*''[[Godzilla TV]]'' (TV 1999-2000) - Supervisor [with [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]]] | |||
==Selected staff== | |||
====Producers==== | ====Producers==== | ||
*Akira Kurosawa | *Akira Kurosawa | ||
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*Hayao Miyazaki | *Hayao Miyazaki | ||
*[[Jun Fukuda]] | *[[Jun Fukuda]] | ||
*Shogo Tomiyama | *[[Shogo Tomiyama]] | ||
*[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | *[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | ||
*Yoshinari Shimatani | *Yoshinari Shimatani | ||
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*Hayao Miyazaki | *Hayao Miyazaki | ||
*[[Ishiro Honda]] | *[[Ishiro Honda]] | ||
*Jun Fukuda | *[[Jun Fukuda]] | ||
*Kinji Fukasaku | *Kinji Fukasaku | ||
*Masaaki Tezuka | *[[Masaaki Tezuka]] | ||
*Nobuhiko Obayasaki | *Nobuhiko Obayasaki | ||
*Shinji Higuchi | *[[Shinji Higuchi]] | ||
*Shusuke Kaneko | *[[Shusuke Kaneko]] | ||
*Takao | *[[Takao Okawara]] | ||
*Toshiro Mifune | *Toshiro Mifune | ||
====Writers==== | ====Writers==== | ||
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*Takao Okawara | *Takao Okawara | ||
*Tomoyuki Tanaka | *Tomoyuki Tanaka | ||
*Wataru Mimura | *[[Wataru Mimura]] | ||
====Composers==== | ====Composers==== | ||
*[[Akira Ifukube]] | *[[Akira Ifukube]] | ||
*Fumio Hayasaka | *Fumio Hayasaka | ||
*Ikuma Dan | *[[Ikuma Dan]] | ||
*Isao Tomita | *Isao Tomita | ||
*Joe Hisaishi | *Joe Hisaishi | ||
*Kiyoko Ogino | *Kiyoko Ogino | ||
*Kow Otani | *[[Kow Otani]] | ||
*Kunio Miyauchi | *[[Kunio Miyauchi]] | ||
*Masamichi Amano | *Masamichi Amano | ||
*Masaru Sato | *[[Masaru Sato]] | ||
*Michiru Oshima | *[[Michiru Oshima]] | ||
*Reijiro Koroku | *Reijiro Koroku | ||
*Riichiro | *[[Riichiro Manabe]] | ||
*[[Shiro Sagisu]] | *[[Shiro Sagisu]] | ||
*[[Takayuki Hattori]] | *[[Takayuki Hattori]] | ||
*Toru Takemitsu | *Toru Takemitsu | ||
*Toshiyuki Watanabe | *Toshiyuki Watanabe | ||
*Yasuharu Takanashi | *Yasuharu Takanashi | ||
====Special | ====Special effects crew==== | ||
*[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] | *[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] | ||
*[[Ishiro Honda]] | *[[Ishiro Honda]] | ||
*Kenji Suzuki | *[[Kenji Suzuki]] | ||
*Koichi Kawakita | *[[Koichi Kawakita]] | ||
*Masaaki Tezuka | *Masaaki Tezuka | ||
*Nobuhiko Obayashi | *Nobuhiko Obayashi | ||
*[[Shinji Higuchi]] | *[[Shinji Higuchi]] | ||
*Takao Okawara | *Takao Okawara | ||
*Teruyoshi Nakano | *[[Teruyoshi Nakano]] | ||
====Musical | ====Musical artists==== | ||
*Asami Abe | *Asami Abe | ||
*Masatoh Eve | *Masatoh Eve | ||
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====Cinematographers==== | ====Cinematographers==== | ||
*[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] | *[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] | ||
====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== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
TohoScope logo.jpg|The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's ''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' | |||
Toho_logo.jpg|The current Toho logo | |||
Desert.jpg|Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo | Desert.jpg|Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo | ||
Toho_Studios_Godzilla_Mural.jpg|Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014 | Toho_Studios_Godzilla_Mural.jpg|Toho's Godzilla mural, finished in mid-2014 | ||
Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard.jpg|Toho | Toho Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard.jpg|Toho lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard | ||
Toho Nagoya.jpg|Toho building in [[Nagoya]] | Toho Nagoya.jpg|Toho building in [[Nagoya]] | ||
TohoLogoFilming.JPG|The | TohoLogoFilming.JPG|The original Toho logo being filmed | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
*[[TOHO Studios]] | |||
==External | *[[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]] | ||
*[[Toho Planning]] | |||
*[[Toho International]] | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.toho.co.jp/ Official Toho homepage.] | *[http://www.toho.co.jp/ Official Toho homepage.] | ||
*[https://www.toho.co.jp/library/index.html Toho Official Library.] | *[https://www.toho.co.jp/library/index.html Toho Official Library.] | ||
*[https://www.twitter.com/toho_movie Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).] | *[https://www.twitter.com/toho_movie Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).] | ||
*[https://twitter.com/toho_official Second Twitter page (@toho_official).] | |||
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/TohoEnt Official Toho Entertainment Twitter page] | *[https://mobile.twitter.com/TohoEnt Official Toho Entertainment Twitter page] | ||
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/TOHOanimation Official Toho Animation Twitter page] | *[https://mobile.twitter.com/TOHOanimation Official Toho Animation Twitter page] | ||
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*[https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialTohoMovie Official YouTube channel.] | *[https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialTohoMovie Official YouTube channel.] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC14Yc2Qv92DMuyNRlHvpo2Q Official Toho Animation YouTube channel] | *[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC14Yc2Qv92DMuyNRlHvpo2Q Official Toho Animation YouTube channel] | ||
*[[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== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{Companies}} | |||
{{Comments}} | |||
{{Era|REL|TOH}} | {{Era|REL|TOH}} | ||
[[Category:Film Companies]] | [[Category:Film Companies]] |
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Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社, also stylized as TOHO, is a major Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha)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
Production company
- See also: TOHO Studios, Toho Eizo Bijutsu.
Financier
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Distributor only
- See also: TOHO Visual Entertainment.
Note that all of the above films were also distributed in Japan by Toho or its Products & Licensing Department, with the exception of Ramayana.
Cancelled films
- Main article: Category:Unmade Films.
Series
Production company
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Miscellaneous
- Godzilla TV (TV 1999-2000) - Supervisor [with Toho Pictures]
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
The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's Godzilla Final Wars
Toho building in Nagoya
See also
External links
- Official Toho homepage.
- Toho Official Library.
- Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).
- Second Twitter page (@toho_official).
- 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Co-financed by Benedict Pictures Corporation.
References
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