Toho Company, Limited (東宝株式会社 Tōhō kabushikigaisha?, 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 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. Template:TOC
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 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]
The Shintoho Company was so named "New Toho" because it broke off from Toho.
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.
Productions
1930s
1950s
- Seven Samurai
- Godzilla
- Godzilla Raids Again
- Invisible Man
- Half Human
- Rodan
- The Mysterians
- The Legend of the White Seprent
- Throne of Blood
- H-Man
- Varan the Unbelievable
- The Birth of Japan
- Battle in Outer Space
1960s
- The Secret of Telegian
- The Human Vapor
- Mothra
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Gorath
- Atragon
- Matango
- Mothra vs. Godzilla
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
- Dogora
- Devil Woman
- Invasion of Astro-Monster
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon
- Punch Guy
- War of the Gargantuas
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
- Son of Godzilla
- King Kong Escapes
- Destroy All Monsters
- All Monsters Attack
- Latitude Zero
1970s
- Space Amoeba
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah
- Godzilla vs. Gigan
- Godzilla vs. Megalon
- Submersion of Japan
- Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla
- Prophecies of Nostradamus
- Terror of MechaGodzilla
- Demon Spies
- The War in Space
- Zero Fighter
1980s
1990s
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- Godzilla vs. Mothra
- Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2
- Gunhed
- Yamato Takeru
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- Rebirth of Mothra
- Rebirth of Mothra II
- Rebirth of Mothra III
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium
2000s
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
- Godzilla: Final Wars
- Go! Godman
2010s
- Godzilla (2014) (co-created with Legendary)
- Attack on Titan (co-produced with Kodansha, Licri, and Nikkatsu)
Cancelled Films
- Main article: Category:Unmade Films.
Television
- He of the Sun
- Go! Godman
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman
- Zone Fighter
- Assault! Human (co-created with Nippon Television)
- Gimme Gimme Octopus
- Go! Greenman (co-created with Nippon Television)
- Go! Ushiwaka Koujirou
- Warrior of Light Diamond Eye (co-created with NET)
- Flying Saucer War Bankid (co-created with Nippon Television)
- Seishi Yokomizo Series (co-created with Daiei and Mifune Productions)
- The Godzilla Power Hour (co-created with Hanna-Barbera)
- Megaloman
- Computer Police Cybercops
- Godzilland
- Seven Star Fighting God Guyferd (co-created with Capcom)
- Vampire Host
- Godzilla Kingdom
- Godzilla Island
- Godzilla TV
- Super Star God GranSazer
- Phantom Star God Justirisers
- Super Star Fleet Sazer-X
- Kawaii! JeNny (co-created with Dream Planet Japan and Takara Tomy)
In more recent years and for a period, they have produced video games, including a series of games based on Godzilla.
Gallery
References
External Links
- Official Toho homepage.
- Official Twitter page (@toho_movie).
- Official YouTube channel.
- Toho on Tokupedia.
- Toho Kingdom (fan site).
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