Toho 30683 225497774 2008-07-14T00:32:45Z Pelonis575 7457120 {{otheruses}} [[Image:DVD-VIDEO-2.jpg|thumb|200px|The English-language version of Toho's famous logo, used from the early 1960s to the late 1990s, presented in a 2:35.1 letterboxed image in a 1.78:1 frame.]] {{nihongo|'''Toho Company Ltd.'''|東宝株式会社|Tōhō Kabushiki-gaisha|extra={{tyo|9602}}}} is a large Japanese [[independent 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|daikaijũ]]'' (monster) and [[tokusatsu]] (special effects) movies, the [[Chouseishin Series|Chouseishin]] tokusatsu [[superhero]] [[TV]] [[Media franchise|franchise]], the films of [[Akira Kurosawa]], and the [[anime]] films of [[Studio Ghibli]]. Its most famous and worldwide creation is [[Godzilla]], known as the King of the Monsters. It has also been involved in the production of numerous anime titles. [[Godzilla]], [[Mothra]], [[King Ghidorah]], [[Mechagodzilla]], and [[Rodan]] are described as being Toho's ''Big Five'' due to the monsters' numerous appearances in all three eras of the franchise, as well as spin-offs. It's subdivisions are Toho Pictures Incorparated, Toho Intrenational Company Limited, Toho E. B. Company Limited, Toho Music Corparation & Toho Costume Comapay Limited. ==History== Toho was founded by the [[Hankyu Railway]] in 1932 as the {{nihongo|''Tokyo-Takarazuka Theater Company''|東京宝塚劇場株式会社|Tōkyō Takarazuka Gekijō Kabushiki-kaisha}}. 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. [http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2293/] 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> The [[Shintoho]] Company was named New Tõhõ because it broke off from the original Tõhõ Company. The company has contributed to the production of some American films, including [[Sam Raimi]]'s ''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]''. [[Image:TohoScope logo.jpg|thumb|200px|The classic TohoScope logo, used for Toho's 2.35:1 widescreen movies from 1957 to 1964 and in 2004's ''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]''.]] ==Major productions & distributions== ===Film=== ===1930s=== *''[[Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts]]'' (1935) *''[[Enoken's Ten Millions]]'' (1936) *''[[Enoken's Ten Millions Sequel]] (1936) *''[[Tokyo Rhapsody]]'' (1936) [[Image:Toho 30.PNG|thumb|200px|Logo from 1933-1950, presented in a windowboxed 1.33:1 frame.]] *''[[A Husband Chastity]]'' (1937) *''[[Tojuro's Love]]'' (1938) *''[[Enoken's Shrewd Period]]'' (1939) *''[[Chushingura I]]'' (1939) *''[[Chushingura II]]'' (1939) ===1940s=== *''[[Song of Kunya]]'' (1940) *''[[Enoken Has His Hair Cropped]]'' (1940) *''[[Songoku: Monkey Sun]]'' (1940) *''[[Uma]]'' (1941) *''[[Drunken Angel]]'' (1948) *''[[Stray Dog]]'' (1949) ===1950s=== *''[[Ikiru]]'' (1952) *''[[Seven Samurai]]'' (1954) *''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) *''[[Toumei ningen]] (1954) *''[[The Sound of the Mountain]] (1954) *''[[Godzilla Raids Again]] ''(1955) *''[[Sazae-san]]'' (1956) *''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956) *''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957) *''[[Throne of Blood]]'' (1957) *''[[Varan the Unbelievable|Varan]]'' (1958) *''[[The Hidden Fortress]]'' (1958) *''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959) ===1960s=== *''[[Storm Over the Pacific]]'' (1960) *''[[The Last War (1961 film)|The Last War]]'' (1961) *''[[Mothra]] (1961) *''[[Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]] (1961) *''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) *''[[Sanjuro]] (1962) *''[[Atragon]] ''(1963) *''[[Matango]] ''(1964) *''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''(1964) *''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]] ''(1964) *''[[Devil Woman]]'' (1964) *''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster|Invasion of the Astro Monster]]'' (1965) *''[[Frankenstein Conquers the World]]'' (1965) *''[[Punch Guy]]'' (1966) *''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]] ''(1966) *''[[War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966) *''[[Son of Godzilla]] '' (1967) *''[[Destroy All Monsters]] ''(1968) *''[[All Monsters Attack]] ''(1969) *''[[Latitude Zero]] ''(1969) *''[[Battle in the Sea of Japan]] ''(1969) ===1970s=== *''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970) *''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) *''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) *''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]] ''(1973) *''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) *''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]] ''(1974) *''[[Evil of Dracula]]'' (1974) *''[[Lupin III]]'' (1974) *''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) *''[[Demon Spies]]'' (1975) *''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) *''[[Zero Fighter]]'' (1976) ===1980s=== *''[[Belle and Sebastian (TV series)|Belle and Sebastian]]'' *''[[Doraemon]]'' and sequels (1980) *''[[The Wizard of Oz (1982 film)|The Wizard of Oz]] (1982) *''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) *''[[Kimagure Orange Road: Ano Hi Ni Kaeritai]]'' (1988) *''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'' ([[1988]], coproduction with [[Studio Ghibli]]) *''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989) ===1990s=== *''[[Devil Hunter Yohko]]'' (1990) *''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) *''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) *''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) *''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) *''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) *''[[Ring (film)]]'' (1998) *''[[Pokémon The First Movie|Pocket Monsters The Counterattack of Mewtwo]]'' (1998) *''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) *''[[Pokémon The Movie 2000|Pocket Monsters the Phantom Pokemon, Explosive Birth of Lugia]]'' (1999) ===2000s=== *''[[Pokémon 3|Pocket Monsters The Lord of the Crystal Tower Entei]] (2000) *''[[Metropolis (2001 film)|Metropolis]]'' *''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) *''[[Spirited Away]]'' (2001), coproduction with [[Studio Ghibli]]) *''[[Inuyasha]]'' movies (2001-[[2004]]), co-productions with [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] *''[[Hamtaro]] Movie 1: [[Adventures in Ham-Ham Land]]'' (2001) (distributor) *''[[Pokémon 4Ever|Pocket Monsters Celebi, the Meeting that Transversed Time]]'' (2001) *''[[Hamtaro]] Movie 2: [[Princess of Vision]]'' (2002) (distributor) *''[[Beyblade]] [[Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Gekitou!! Takao vs Daichi)]] (2002) (Producer) *''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) *''[[Pokémon Heroes|Pocket Monsters The Guardian of the Water Capital Latias and Latios]]'' (2002) *''[[Hamtaro]] Movie 3: [[Ham-Ham Grand Prix]]'' (2003) (distributor) *''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) *''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.|Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S]]'' (2003) *''[[Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker|Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Wishing Star of the Seven Nights Jirachi]]'' (2003) *''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' (2004), coproduction with [[Studio Ghibli]]) *''[[Naruto the Movie]]'' (2004) *''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) *''[[Steamboy]]'' (2004) *''[[Hamtaro]] Movie 4: [[Hamtaro and the Mysterious Ogre's Picture Book Tower]]'' (2004) (distributor) *''[[Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys|Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation The Visitor from a Fissure in the Sky Deoxys]]'' (2004) *''[[Lolerei]]'' (2005) *''[[Always san-chome no yuhi]]'' (2005) *''[[Densha Otoko]]'' (2005) *''[[NANA]]'' (2005) *''[[Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew|Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero Lucario]]'' (2005) *''[[Bleach: Memories of Nobody]]'' (2006) *''[[NANA2]]'' (2006) *''[[Dōbutsu no Mori (film)|Dōbutsu no Mori]]'' (2006), co-production with [[O.L.M.]], [[Nintendo]], and [[Shogakukan]] *''[[Touch]]'' Movie (2006) *''[[Rough]]'' (2006) *''[[Nada Sousou]]'' (2006) *''[[Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea|Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea Manaphy]]'' (2006) *''[[Always zoku san-chome no yuhi]]'' (2007) *'' [[ Eiga De Tojo-Tamagotchi: Dokidoki! Uchuu no Maigotchi!?]]'' (2007) *''[[HERO]]'' (2007) *''[[Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai|Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai]]'' (2007) * ''[[The Mothra]]'' (20??) ===Television=== ====Tokusatsu==== *''[[Rainbowman|Warrior Of Love: Rainbowman]]'' (1972) *''[[Meteor Man Zone]]'' (1973) *''[[Diamond Eye|Warrior Of Light: Diamond Eye]]'' (1973) *''[[Bankid (TV series)|Flying Saucer War Bankid]]'' (1976) *''[[Megaloman]]'' (1979) *''[[Dennou Keisatsu Cybercops|Eletronic Brain Police Cybercop]]'' (1989) *''[[Guyferd|Seven Stars Fighting God Guyferd]]'' (1996) *''[[Godzilla Island]]'' (1997) *''[[Chouseishin Gransazer]]'' (2003) *''[[Genseishin Justirisers]]'' (2004) *''[[Chousei Kantai Sazer-X]]'' (2005) *''[[Kawaii! Jenny]]'' (2007) ====TV Anime==== *''[[Belle and Sebastian (TV series)|Belle & Sebastian]]'' (1981) *''[[Touch (manga)|Touch]]'' (1985) *''[[Midori Days]]'' (co-production) (2004) In more recent years and for a period, they have produced [[video games]]. One of their first video games was the 1990 [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game titled [[Circus Caper]]. Later, they followed with a series of games based on Godzilla. It also published games such as [[Super Aleste]]. ==See also== *[[TohoScope]] ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.toho.co.jp/ Official homepage] (in Japanese) *[http://www.tohokingdom.com/ Toho Kingdom] [[Category:Toho]] [[Category:Film production companies]] [[Category:Film production companies of Japan]] [[Category:Anime companies]] [[Category:Japanese film studios]] [[Category:Media companies of Japan]] [[Category:Film distributors]] [[Category:Entertainment companies of Japan]] [[Category:Companies based in Tokyo]] [[Category:Companies of Japan]] [[bn:তোহো]] [[de:Tōhō]] [[es:Toho]] [[fr:Tōhō]] [[it:Toho]] [[he:טוהו]] [[nl:Toho (film)]] [[ja:東宝]] [[no:Toho]] [[fi:Tōhō]] [[sv:Toho]] [[zh:東寶株式會社]]