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[[File:Toho_logo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The current Toho logo]]'''Toho Company, Limited''' {{Nihongo|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki-Kaisha|lit. Toho Co., Ltd.}} 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 [[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.
{{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's most famous creation, [[Godzilla]], was created by [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]].
The company's most famous creation, [[Godzilla]], was co-created by producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]].
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==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.
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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 [[: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>[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2293/]</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>
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, 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]].<ref name="Cinematheque">[http://thecinematheque.ca/nudes-guns-ghosts-the-sensational-cinema-of-shintoho Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Cinema of Shintoho | The Cinematheque]</ref>
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>


[[File:TohoScope logo.jpg|thumb|200px|The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964, and once more in 2004's ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'']]They have contributed to the production of some American films, including Sam Raimi's ''A Simple Plan''.
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).
==Productions==
==Selected filmography==
===1950s===
===Films===
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]''
====Production company====
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]''
{{See also|TOHO Studios|Toho Eizo Bijutsu}}
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
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*''[[Half Human]]''
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*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]''
*''[[Ramayana]]'' (1940s)
*''[[The Mysterians]]''
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
*''[[The Legend of the White Serpent]]''
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'' (1954)
*''[[The H-Man|H-Man]]
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan the Unbelievable]]''
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955)
*''[[The Three Treasures]]''
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]''
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957)
===1960s===
*''[[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)
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (1960)
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]''
*''[[The Human Vapor]]'' (1960)
*''[[Atragon (film)|Atragon]]''
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*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]''
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
*''[[The Last War]]'' (1961)
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962)
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]''
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962)
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963)
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]''
*''[[Atragon]]'' (1963)
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]''
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)<ref group="note" name="Benedict">Co-financed by [[Benedict Pictures Corporation]].</ref>
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]''
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966){{R|Benedict|group="note"}}
*''[[Latitude Zero]]''
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
===1970s===
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*''[[Space Amoeba]]''
*''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' (1967) [with Takarazuka Eiga]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967)
*''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' (co-produced with [[Tsuburaya Productions]])
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]''
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''
*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]''
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure]]'' (1969)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]''
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
*''[[The War in Space]]''
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
===1980s===
*''[[Daigoro vs. Goliath]]'' (1972) [with [[Tsuburaya Productions]]]
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]''
*''[[The Professional Killers|Rainbowman: The Professional Killers]]'' (1973) [with [[wikipedia:TV Asahi|NET]]]
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''
*''[[Mystery of the Baraúna-Type Abduction|Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (1977)
*''[[Gunhed]]''
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*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
====Financier====
===1990s===
{{Col-begin}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
{{col-3}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
*''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' (2005) [with [[wikipedia:Fuji TV|Fuji TV]], Kansai TV, King Records]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005) [with Sazer-X Movie Project]
*''[[Gunhed]]''
*''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006) [with the ''Sinking of Japan'' Production Committee]
*''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' (DVD 2008)
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
*''[[Paco and the Magical Book]]'' (2008) [with the ''Paco and the Magical Book'' Production Committee]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]''
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015) [with the ''Attack on Titan'' Film Partners]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]''
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]''
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*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (2017)
===2000s===
*''[[GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (2018)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
*''[[GODZILLA: The Planet Eater]]'' (2018)
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
*''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) [with Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros.]
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
*''[[Monster Hunter]]'' (2020) [with Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''
*''[[The Great Yokai War: Guardians]]'' (2021) [with the ''The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' Production Committee]
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022) [with the ''Shin Ultraman'' Film Partners]
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]''
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) [with the "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners]
===​2010s===
{{col-3}}
*[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'' (2014)]] (licensed to [[Legendary Pictures]], distributed in [[Japan]])
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex]]'' (2022)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and [[Nikkatsu Corporation|Nikkatsu]])
*''[[Godziban (film)|Godziban]]'' (2022)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and Nikkatsu)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.GRIDMAN|SSSS.GRIDMAN]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:SSSS.DYNAZENON|SSSS.DYNAZENON]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
*''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters]]'' (co-produced by Polygon Pictures)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:GRIDMAN UNIVERSE|GRIDMAN UNIVERSE]]'' (2023) [with the Gridman Universe Movie Production Committee]
*''[[Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle]]'' (co-produced by Polygon Pictures)
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023)
*''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater]]'' (co-produced by Polygon Pictures)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon (short film)|Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (2023)
 
{{col-end}}
===Cancelled Films===
====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}}
===Television===
===Series===
*''[[He of the Sun]]''
====Production company====
*''[[Go! Godman]]''
{{col-begin}}
*''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]''
{{col-2}}
*''[[Assault! Human!!]]'' (co-created with [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television]])
*''[[Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [with [[Nippon TV]], Tsuburaya Productions]
*''[[Zone Fighter (Series)|Zone Fighter]]''
*''[[Beat the Monsters!|He of the Sun]]'' (TV 1967) [with TBS]
*''[[Kure Kure Takora (Series)|Kure Kure Takora]]''
*''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' (TV 1972-1973) [with NET]
*''[[Warrior of Light Diamond Eye]]'' (co-created with NET)
*''[[Diamond Eye (series)|Diamond Eye]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [with NET]
*''[[Go! Greenman]]'' (co-created with Nippon Television)
*''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (TV 1976-1977) [with Nippon TV]
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (co-created with TBS TV)
{{col-2}}
*''[[Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka]]''
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980) [with Fuji TV]
*''[[Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (co-created with Nippon Television)
*''[[Forbidden Mariko]]'' (TV 1985-1986) [with TBS]
*''[[Seishi Yokomizo Series]]'' (co-created with [[Kadokawa|Daiei]] and Mifune Productions)
*''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]'' (TV 1992-1993) [with [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]]]
*[[Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera series)|Hanna-Barbera's ''Godzilla'']] (co-created with Hanna-Barbera)
*''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (TV 1996) [with TV Tokyo]
*''[[Megaloman (Series)|Megaloman]]''
*''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]'' (TV 1996-1997)
*''Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1''
{{col-end}}
*''The Forbidden Mariko''
====Financier only====
*''[[Computer Police Cybercops]]''
{{col-begin}}
*''[[Adventure! Godzilland]]
{{col-2}}
*''[[Guyferd (series)|Guyferd]]'' (co-created with Capcom)
*''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' (TV 1978-1979) [with [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], [[Benedict Pictures Corporation|Benedict Pictures]]]
*''Vampire Gigolo''
*''[[Godzilla Island (series)|Godzilla Island]]'' (TV 1997-1998) [with TV Tokyo]
*''[[Godzilla Kingdom]]''
*''[[Star Bows]]'' (TV 2000-2001) [with TBS, Layup]
*''[[Godzilla Island (Series)|Godzilla Island]]''
*''[[The Gransazers]]'' (TV 2003-2004) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising]<!--
*''Godzilla TV''
*''[[The Vampire Gigolo]]'' (TV 2004) [with TV Tokyo]-->
*''[[The Gransazers]]''
*''[[The Justirisers]]'' (TV 2004-2005) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising]
*''[[The Justirisers]]''
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006) [with TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising]
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]''
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007) [with Takara Tomy]
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (co-created with Dream Planet Japan and Takara Tomy)
{{col-2}}
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1#Miniseries|Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack]]''
*''[[The Always Selfish Prince Gama]]'' (TV 2008) [with the ''The Always Selfish Prince Gama'' Production Committee]
In more recent years and for a period, they have produced video games, including a series of games based on Godzilla.
*''[[Godziban]]'' (web 2019-2023)
==Staff==
*''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' (TV 2021)
===Former===
*''[[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)-->
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===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 Okawra
*[[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 Manabe 
*[[Riichiro Manabe]]
*[[Shiro Sagisu]] 
*[[Shiro Sagisu]]  
*[[Takayuki Hattori]]
*[[Takayuki Hattori]]
*Toru Takemitsu
*Toru Takemitsu
*Toshiyuki Watanabe
*Toshiyuki Watanabe
*Yasuharu Takanashi
*Yasuharu Takanashi
====Special Effects Crew====
====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 Artists====
====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 Lawyers Aaron Moss and Charles Shephard
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 Original Toho logo being filmed  
TohoLogoFilming.JPG|The original Toho logo being filmed  
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==References==
==See also==
{{Reflist}}
*[[TOHO Studios]]
==External Links==
*[[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).]
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Latest revision as of 05:13, 24 February 2024

Toho Company, Limited
The Japanese Toho logo

Type Film/theater company
Status Active
Led by
Founder(s) Ichizo Kobayashi
Founded August 12, 1932[note 1]
Head-
quarters
1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda
Tokyo, Japan 100-8415
Also known as Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. (1937-1943)
Subsidiary companies
Preceded by
  • 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 (東宝株式会社,   Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha), also stylized as 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

Production company

See also: TOHO Studios, Toho Eizo Bijutsu.

Financier

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

Financier only

Miscellaneous

Selected staff

Producers

Directors

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

Special effects crew

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

See also

External links

Notes

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Co-financed by Benedict Pictures Corporation.

References

This is a list of references for Toho. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. "Toho La Brea Theatre in Los Angeles, CA". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. "Toho" Far East Film News December 25, 1963.
  3. "Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! The Sensational Cinema of Shintoho". The Cinematheque. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019.
  4. Kroll, Justin (20 January 2022). "Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary's Monsterverse". Deadline.

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