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History | 東宝株式会社. About Us. Menu. History. Since its establishment in 1932 by Ichizo Kobayashi with the mission of "to widely provide inspiring entertainment to the general public." Toho Group has delivered numerous entertainment productions, mainly movies and plays, that bring dreams, excitement and joy to a wide range of customers ...
Toho Animation (stylized as TOHO animation) is a Japanese anime production label founded in 2012, and owned by Toho Co., Ltd., which is one of the top three film distributors in Japan. Psycho-Pass (2012) [ 22 ]
Toho was founded in 1932. From the start, it faced serious competition in the entertainment industry, notably Shochiku Company Ltd., Japan's oldest cinema company, founded in 1895 to promote Kabuki theater. Undeterred, Toho wasted little time before producing some of Japan's top films. In 1954, the late Akira Kurosawa directed smash hit Seven ...
- Founding, 1932
- Calling All Monsters, 1954
- The Case of The Disappearing Market, 1960-96
- The Death of Godzilla, 1995
- Market Changes and The Resurrection of Godzilla, 1997
- Further Reading
Toho was founded in 1932. From the start, it faced serious competition in the entertainment industry, notably Shochiku Company Ltd., Japan’s oldest cinema company, founded in 1895 to promote Kabuki theater. Undeterred, Toho wasted little time before producing some of Japan’s top films. In 1954, the late Akira Kurosawa directed smash hit Seven Samur...
Toho made another huge mark on the world when a giant prehistoric underwater lizard made his first appearance terrorizing Tokyo in 1954 in a Japanese movie called Gojira. Two years later, Godzilla —King of the Monsters appeared in the United States with new footage and featuring Raymond Burr (who went on to fame as detective Perry Mason). It was on...
Toho continued attracting talent into the 1980s. The late director Juzo Itami debuted in 1984 with The Funeral, and filmed nine other movies—almost all starring his wife, Nobuko Miyamoto—including Tampopo (1985), A Taxing Woman (1987), and The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion(1992). The number of movie screens in Japan dwindled over the period from...
In 1995 Toho made one last domestic Godzilla film, Godzilla vs. Destroyer, killing off the monster. Speculation abounded about whether this was truly the end of the great lizard, a media fascination surpassed only by the death of Superman in the same decade. Toho capped 1996 with US$953.8 million in total revenue and US$5.4 million net income.
In 1997 television networks and book publishers moved visibly into movie production. Mononoke Hime {Princess Mononoke) was produced by Studio Ghibli Co.—one of two film production companies affiliated with Tokuma Shoten (Publishing) Co. (the other being Daiei Co.). Directed by one of Japan’s best-loved animated filmmakers, Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighb...
Bailey, James, “Toho: No. 1 Japanese Distrib.,” Variety, May 13, 1981, p. 255. Darlin, Damon, “Godzilla vs. Kiamonster,” Forbes, July 18, 1994, p. 18. Dawkins, William, and Alice Rawsthorn, “Japanese Groups to Invest Up to ¥13BN in Paramount,” Financial Times, May 14,1996, p. 28. Eisenstodt, Gale, “A Cozy Japanese Near Monopoly,” Forbes, September ...
Our business is focused on four key areas: Cinema, Theatrical, Real Estate and Anime. Our mission is “to widely provide inspiring entertainment to the general public” through fresh and innovative projects always developed with our customers’ points of view in mind. We will further this mission with a new corporate slogan, “Entertainment ...
Tōhō Motion Picture Company, leading Japanese motion-picture studio. The company was founded in 1936 by Kobayashi Ichizō, a former businessman who was the creator of an all-girl “opera troupe.”. In 1932 he had organized the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre Corporation, subsequently acquiring several established theatres and building new and ...
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4 days ago · 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 ...
